Re: [whatwg/fetch] Streaming upload (Issue #1438)

It's a great opportunity to make the web a bit more bidirectional.

ReadableStream means on-the-fly transformation, the first candidate being... encryption.
> `Use case`: I want to submit a form (to an openstack POST-handler) which contains attachments encrypted on-the-fly. In the current situation, **client memory is ~ twice the file size** what is unsuitable for multi-GB uploads.

The lack of ReadableStream upload incentives the use of chunking as an alternative (which has the additional benefit of being easily resumable).
Since I believe streams find their use for large data (unpredictable size), **reliability** (resumable/error-handing), if not directly involved, needs to at least be considered by implementations.

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