Re: File modification

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org> wrote:

> FYI, I don't think this is clear for File from the spec.  It's even more
> important if File objects are stored in History or IndexedDB; that it
> should be a *shallow* copy, with enough information stored to invalidate it
> if the underlying file changes, doesn't seem to be specified.  (As far as I
> know, nobody implements that yet; being able to eg. retain open files in
> History states would be extremely useful.
>
Gecko nightlies are capable of storing File objects in IndexedDB,  We are
doing "deep" copies (what is retrieved from the database is always a copy
of the file as it was when it was placed in the database).

- Kyle