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AI-generatedAlpine.js v3 Requires x-data as Function Instead of Plain Object
The goal is to quantify any initialization overhead introduced by the mandatory function syntax for x-data in Alpine.js v3 compared to the plain‑object syntax accepted in v2. Because v3 no longer accepts plain objects, a direct comparison requires either a compatibility wrapper that converts a plain object to a function or running Alpine v2 alongside v3, whi