function _createElement()

in assets/js/vue.js [3363:3451]
79 lines of code
27 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

  function _createElement (
    context,
    tag,
    data,
    children,
    normalizationType
  ) {
    if (isDef(data) && isDef((data).__ob__)) {
      warn(
        "Avoid using observed data object as vnode data: " + (JSON.stringify(data)) + "\n" +
        'Always create fresh vnode data objects in each render!',
        context
      );
      return createEmptyVNode()
    }
    // object syntax in v-bind
    if (isDef(data) && isDef(data.is)) {
      tag = data.is;
    }
    if (!tag) {
      // in case of component :is set to falsy value
      return createEmptyVNode()
    }
    // warn against non-primitive key
    if (isDef(data) && isDef(data.key) && !isPrimitive(data.key)
    ) {
      {
        warn(
          'Avoid using non-primitive value as key, ' +
          'use string/number value instead.',
          context
        );
      }
    }
    // support single function children as default scoped slot
    if (Array.isArray(children) &&
      typeof children[0] === 'function'
    ) {
      data = data || {};
      data.scopedSlots = { default: children[0] };
      children.length = 0;
    }
    if (normalizationType === ALWAYS_NORMALIZE) {
      children = normalizeChildren(children);
    } else if (normalizationType === SIMPLE_NORMALIZE) {
      children = simpleNormalizeChildren(children);
    }
    var vnode, ns;
    if (typeof tag === 'string') {
      var Ctor;
      ns = (context.$vnode && context.$vnode.ns) || config.getTagNamespace(tag);
      if (config.isReservedTag(tag)) {
        // platform built-in elements
        if (isDef(data) && isDef(data.nativeOn)) {
          warn(
            ("The .native modifier for v-on is only valid on components but it was used on <" + tag + ">."),
            context
          );
        }
        vnode = new VNode(
          config.parsePlatformTagName(tag), data, children,
          undefined, undefined, context
        );
      } else if ((!data || !data.pre) && isDef(Ctor = resolveAsset(context.$options, 'components', tag))) {
        // component
        vnode = createComponent(Ctor, data, context, children, tag);
      } else {
        // unknown or unlisted namespaced elements
        // check at runtime because it may get assigned a namespace when its
        // parent normalizes children
        vnode = new VNode(
          tag, data, children,
          undefined, undefined, context
        );
      }
    } else {
      // direct component options / constructor
      vnode = createComponent(tag, data, context, children);
    }
    if (Array.isArray(vnode)) {
      return vnode
    } else if (isDef(vnode)) {
      if (isDef(ns)) { applyNS(vnode, ns); }
      if (isDef(data)) { registerDeepBindings(data); }
      return vnode
    } else {
      return createEmptyVNode()
    }
  }