RE: Request for feedback: Filesystem API from Domenic Denicola on 2013-08-11 (public-script-coord@w3.org from July to September 2013)

From: Domenic Denicola <domenic@domenicdenicola.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 00:27:38 +0000
To: Brendan Eich <brendan@mozilla.org>
CC: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>, "public-script-coord@w3.org" <public-script-coord@w3.org>
Message-ID: <B4AE8F4E86E26C47AC407D49872F6F9F8D8AC802@BY2PRD0510MB354.namprd05.prod.outlook.>

From: Brendan Eich [mailto:brendan@mozilla.org]


> > That leaves it for use in move and copy, both of which are derivative operations.
> 
> Not move: atomic rename(2) is a primitive.

You're clearly right about this. I was misled by the return type; AbortableProgressPromise had me thinking of a long-running cancelable operation, which move generally isn't (except perhaps between drives or similar). A Promise-returning move makes sense as atomic.

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