How can I build an Angular like Attribute Directive using a custom React Hook?

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I was listening to the React Podcast about Hooks and this idea came up for a brief second and got me thinking, However, I am not well versed enough in React to know how to approach this idea.

The highlight feature that Angular uses as their demo for Attribute Directives would be a simple idea to try and implement: https://angular.io/guide/attribute-directives#attribute-directives

Finally are there any cons to introducing attribute directives to React? Is there a reason that this is not something we do often? Am I missing something in React that makes this easy but it's just called something else other than directives?