react 16.6.0

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16.6.0 (October 23, 2018)

React

• Add React.memo() as an alternative to PureComponent for functions. (@acdlite in #13748)
• Add React.lazy() for code splitting components. (@acdlite in #13885)
• React.StrictMode now warns about legacy context API. (@bvaughn in #13760)
• React.StrictMode now warns about findDOMNode. (@sebmarkbage in #13841)
• Rename unstable_AsyncMode to unstable_ConcurrentMode. (@trueadm in #13732)
• Rename unstable_Placeholder to Suspense, and delayMs to maxDuration. (@gaearon in #13799 and @sebmarkbage in #13922)

React DOM

• Add contextType as a more ergonomic way to subscribe to context from a class. (@bvaughn in #13728)
• Add getDerivedStateFromError lifecycle method for catching errors in a future asynchronous server-side renderer. (@bvaughn in #13746)
• Warn when <Context> is used instead of <Context.Consumer>. (@trueadm in #13829)
• Fix gray overlay on iOS Safari. (@philipp-spiess in #13778)
• Fix a bug caused by overwriting window.event in development. (@sergei-startsev in #13697)

React DOM Server

• Add support for React.memo(). (@alexmckenley in #13855)
• Add support for contextType. (@alexmckenley and @sebmarkbage in #13889)

Scheduler (Experimental)

• Rename the package to scheduler. (@gaearon in #13683)
• Support priority levels, continuations, and wrapped callbacks. (@acdlite in #13720 and #13842)
• Improve the fallback mechanism in non-DOM environments. (@acdlite in #13740)
• Schedule requestAnimationFrame earlier. (@acdlite in #13785)
• Fix the DOM detection to be more thorough. (@trueadm in #13731)
• Fix bugs with interaction tracing. (@bvaughn in #13590)
• Add the envify transform to the package. (@mridgway in #13766)