Re: Request for feedback: Filesystem API from Brendan Eich on 2013-08-10 (public-script-coord@w3.org from July to September 2013)

From: Brendan Eich <brendan@mozilla.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 21:47:37 -0700
To: Domenic Denicola <domenic@domenicdenicola.com>
Cc: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>, "public-script-coord@w3.org" <public-script-coord@w3.org>
Message-Id: <89EEF3FC-10D5-4756-A0A2-0015C1369D7C@mozilla.org>

On Aug 9, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Domenic Denicola <domenic@domenicdenicola.com> wrote:

> The AbortableProgressPromise idea is way overkill. As Isaac so clearly outlined, it makes no sense for streaming APIs generally.

Isaac is clearly right about read and write.

> That leaves it for use in move and copy, both of which are derivative operations.

Not move: atomic rename(2) is a primitive.

/be

Received on Saturday, 10 August 2013 04:48:07 UTC