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+
+## Input
+
+```javascript
+import { useState } from "react";
+
+function Component() {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <button onClick={() => setCount(count - 1)}>Decrement</button>
+      {/**
+       * The scope for the <button> depends on just the scope for the callback,
+       * but the previous scope (after merging) will declare both the above
+       * <button> and the callback.
+       */}
+      <button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>Increment</button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: Component,
+  params: [{}],
+};
+
+```
+
+## Code
+
+```javascript
+import { c as _c } from "react/compiler-runtime";
+import { useState } from "react";
+
+function Component() {
+  const $ = _c(8);
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  let t0;
+  let t1;
+  if ($[0] !== count) {
+    t0 = <button onClick={() => setCount(count - 1)}>Decrement</button>;
+
+    t1 = () => setCount(count + 1);
+    $[0] = count;
+    $[1] = t0;
+    $[2] = t1;
+  } else {
+    t0 = $[1];
+    t1 = $[2];
+  }
+  let t2;
+  if ($[3] !== t1) {
+    t2 = <button onClick={t1}>Increment</button>;
+    $[3] = t1;
+    $[4] = t2;
+  } else {
+    t2 = $[4];
+  }
+  let t3;
+  if ($[5] !== t0 || $[6] !== t2) {
+    t3 = (
+      <div>
+        {t0}
+        {t2}
+      </div>
+    );
+    $[5] = t0;
+    $[6] = t2;
+    $[7] = t3;
+  } else {
+    t3 = $[7];
+  }
+  return t3;
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: Component,
+  params: [{}],
+};
+
+```
+      
+### Eval output
+(kind: ok) <div><button>Decrement</button><button>Increment</button></div>
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+import { useState } from "react";
+
+function Component() {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <button onClick={() => setCount(count - 1)}>Decrement</button>
+      {/**
+       * The scope for the <button> depends on just the scope for the callback,
+       * but the previous scope (after merging) will declare both the above
+       * <button> and the callback.
+       */}
+      <button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>Increment</button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: Component,
+  params: [{}],
+};