Ensure DOM nodes can be found for trigger elements and as components

[levithomason]

See #1190 for context

TL;DR
You cannot locate a DOM node for a functional component. We allow users to pass components and elements into our components. We then sometimes try to locate the DOM node of those passed in components. This results in an error if the user passed a stateless functional component as there is no DOM node.

The solution, create a wrapper class and HOC that locates its own DOM node but renders the child or wrapped component in place.

Progress to date

OK ugly code here, but, I've dug up the experiment I did for this here: http://www.react.run/HJa1BVYQl/24

This would need to be adapted to also work as a HOC rather than only on a child element:

const RefsNotSupported = () = <p>I'm a functional component</p>

<RefsNotSupported ref={node => console.log(node)} />
// => null

const RefsSupported = Ref(RefsNotSupported)

<RefsSupported ref={node => console.log(node)} />
// => <p>I'm a functional component</p>

Finally, this component and HOC would need to be implemented everywhere we use a trigger and or ref. It would also need to be applied in src/lib/getElementType, which powers the as prop, so that all as components can use refs.

If anyone would like to pick this up, that would beyond amazing 👍

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[levithomason]

Thanks to @rijk, we have improved how we handle stale issues, see #2761. Reopening.

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