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+
+## Input
+
+```javascript
+// @validatePreserveExistingMemoizationGuarantees:true
+
+import {useRef, useMemo} from 'react';
+import {makeArray} from 'shared-runtime';
+
+function useFoo() {
+  const r = useRef();
+  return useMemo(() => makeArray(r), []);
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: useFoo,
+  params: [],
+};
+
+```
+
+## Code
+
+```javascript
+// @validatePreserveExistingMemoizationGuarantees:true
+
+import { useRef, useMemo } from "react";
+import { makeArray } from "shared-runtime";
+
+function useFoo() {
+  const r = useRef();
+  let t0;
+  t0 = makeArray(r);
+  return t0;
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: useFoo,
+  params: [],
+};
+
+```
+      
+### Eval output
+(kind: ok) [{}]
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+// @validatePreserveExistingMemoizationGuarantees:true
+
+import {useRef, useMemo} from 'react';
+import {makeArray} from 'shared-runtime';
+
+function useFoo() {
+  const r = useRef();
+  return useMemo(() => makeArray(r), []);
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: useFoo,
+  params: [],
+};