Svelte provides a variety of built-in elements. The first, <svelte:self>, allows a component to contain itself recursively.

It’s useful for things like this folder tree view, where folders can contain other folders. In Folder.svelte we want to be able to do this…

{#if file.type === 'folder'}
    <Folder {...file}/>
{:else}
    <File {...file}/>
{/if}

…but that’s impossible, because a file can’t import itself. Instead, we use <svelte:self>:

{#if file.type === 'folder'}
    <svelte:self {...file}/>
{:else}
    <File {...file}/>
{/if}