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+// A component whose code is fetched the first time it is shown.
+//
+// Every static `import` reachable from app.js is downloaded before anything
+// renders, whether or not the visitor ever opens it: the Videos app, the video
+// player and the search page used to cost a member who only chats. Wrapping a
+// component here moves its module out of that first download and into the
+// moment it is needed; once loaded it is the component itself, rendered with
+// the same props, and every later mount is immediate.
+//
+// A failed fetch (a network drop on a phone) is not remembered: the next time
+// the component is shown it asks again, rather than failing for the session.
+
+import { html, useState, useEffect } from './vendor/htm-preact.js';
+
+const SPINNER = html`<p class="page-message"><span class="spinner"></span></p>`;
+
+function lazy(load, name, placeholder = SPINNER) {
+  let Loaded = null;
+  let pending = null;
+
+  function Lazy(props) {
+    const [, setReady] = useState(Loaded !== null);
+    useEffect(() => {
+      if (Loaded) return undefined;
+      let alive = true;
+      if (!pending) {
+        pending = load().then(
+          (m) => { Loaded = m[name]; },
+          (e) => { pending = null; throw e; });
+      }
+      pending.then(() => { if (alive) setReady(true); }, () => {});
+      return () => { alive = false; };
+    }, []);
+    if (!Loaded) return placeholder;
+    return html`<${Loaded} ...${props} />`;
+  }
+  Lazy.displayName = `Lazy(${name})`;
+  return Lazy;
+}
+
+export { lazy };