class vs className in React 16

Question

I saw that React 16 allows for attributes to be passed through to the DOM. So, that means \'class\' can be used instead of className, right?

I\'m just wondering if

Answer 1

There is no real explanation by React team on this but one would presume it to be differentiated from reserved keyword "class" in Javascript since its introduction in ES2015+.

Even if you use "class" in element configuration while creating element, it won't throw any compilation/rendering error.