Why is result a ref(-like)?

[BigAB]

Is there a reason why result is a Ref (or ref-like)?

What is the advantage of getting the result off result.current instead of the direct result?

const { result } = renderHook(() => useTheme('light'))
const theme = result.current
// why not...?
const { result: theme } = renderHook(() => useTheme('light'))

It would be a very simple change
https://github.com/mpeyper/react-hooks-testing-library/blob/master/src/index.js#L24

So, I feel like I must be missing something obvious.

[BigAB]

Oh I see the value in it now.

When you are re-rendering, either through state change or calling rerender() the value returned by the hook may be different, but your test isn't going to re-run. You make assertions on the last value you got though by checking result.current

Thanks,