Unhelpful error: "caught TypeError: Cannot read property 'refs' of null"

[m4nuC]

Adding a ref to a child element of a stateless component yields a caught TypeError: Cannot read property 'refs' of null. I can see this being really hard to debug. Could there be a better error message there ?

[jimfb]

Duplicate of: #4939
Fixed in: #4943
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/d0vvgssy/

[jimfb]

Actually, I think I may have miss-read the issue. What is it you are trying to do? Can you provide a fiddle?

As far as I can tell, adding a ref to a child of a stateless component does work: http://jsfiddle.net/zxkfpx37/

[m4nuC]

Actually you are right it behaves properly on fiddle. It must be something with my code. Thanks

[jimfb]

My fiddle is using a future/experimental version of React, so it's possible the issue was just fixed and not yet released. Either way, glad to hear it works in the latest fiddle!