Function createBaseVNode

packages/runtime-core/src/vnode.ts:456–540

(
  type: VNodeTypes | ClassComponent | typeof NULL_DYNAMIC_COMPONENT,
  props: (Data & VNodeProps) | null = null,
  children: unknown = null,
  patchFlag = 0,
  dynamicProps: string[] | null = null,
  shapeFlag: number = type === Fragment ? 0 : ShapeFlags.ELEMENT,
  isBlockNode = false,
  needFullChildrenNormalization = false,
)

}

function createBaseVNode(
  type: VNodeTypes | ClassComponent | typeof NULL_DYNAMIC_COMPONENT,
  props: (Data & VNodeProps) | null = null,
  children: unknown = null,
  patchFlag = 0,
  dynamicProps: string[] | null = null,
  shapeFlag: number = type === Fragment ? 0 : ShapeFlags.ELEMENT,
  isBlockNode = false,
  needFullChildrenNormalization = false,
): VNode {
  const vnode = {
    __v_isVNode: true,
    __v_skip: true,
    type,
    props,
    key: props && normalizeKey(props),
    ref: props && normalizeRef(props),
    scopeId: currentScopeId,
    slotScopeIds: null,
    children,
    component: null,
    suspense: null,
    ssContent: null,
    ssFallback: null,
    dirs: null,
    transition: null,
    el: null,
    anchor: null,
    target: null,
    targetStart: null,
    targetAnchor: null,
    staticCount: 0,
    shapeFlag,
    patchFlag,
    dynamicProps,
    dynamicChildren: null,
    appContext: null,
    ctx: currentRenderingInstance,
  } as VNode

  if (needFullChildrenNormalization) {
    normalizeChildren(vnode, children)
    // normalize suspense children
    if (__FEATURE_SUSPENSE__ && shapeFlag & ShapeFlags.SUSPENSE) {
      ;(type as typeof SuspenseImpl).normalize(vnode)
    }
  } else if (children) {
    // compiled element vnode - if children is passed, only possible types are
    // string or Array.
    vnode.shapeFlag |= isString(children)
      ? ShapeFlags.TEXT_CHILDREN
      : ShapeFlags.ARRAY_CHILDREN
  }

  // validate key
  if (__DEV__ && vnode.key !== vnode.key) {
    warn(`VNode created with invalid key (NaN). VNode type:`, vnode.type)
  }