They kind of are not though, you can't call them out of order and other things which is checked at runtime by the React "engine" and will stop script execution. If they were regular functions you could call them anytime.

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b_e_n_t_o_n 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Many "regular" functions are context dependent.

	▲	DangitBobby 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They are context dependent, must execute in the same order every time, and must be called every time the component re-renders (i.e., they do not support conditional calls). They have enough gremlin rules that calling them "just functions" is unhelpful for reasoning about using them.