From 9baa394b0fa6e89ba339d827d30df4b41f139a9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:20:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] clear timeout before changing state to avoid race condition

---
 src/components/TypeWriter.jsx | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/TypeWriter.jsx b/src/components/TypeWriter.jsx
index aeadec8..537da97 100644
--- a/src/components/TypeWriter.jsx
+++ b/src/components/TypeWriter.jsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class TypeWriter extends React.Component {
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
-    clearInterval(this._timeoutId);
+    clearTimeout(this._timeoutId);
   }
 
   componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ class TypeWriter extends React.Component {
     const active = this.props.typing;
 
     if (active > 0 && next < 0) {
+      clearTimeout(this._timeoutId);
       this.setState({
         visibleChars: this.state.visibleChars - 1
       });
     } else if (active <= 0 && next > 0) {
+      clearTimeout(this._timeoutId);
       this.setState({
         visibleChars: this.state.visibleChars + 1
       });