- From: Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 08:37:49 -0500
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Kinuko Yasuda <kinuko at chromium.org> wrote: > Does this actually need to be async? The only information you need to > create the Entry are the filename and the file type (file or directory), > which the browser can load before performing the drop, so no file I/O is > needed here. > > I wanted to make it synchronous, but determining the file type (file or > directory) usually requires blocking file I/O operation, which could spoil > the async nature of this proposal if we perform the blocking stat operation > on every drag-enter event. > This can be done before exposing the drop event to the page in the first place, though, which means it can still happen asynchronously. The same can be done for <input> file pickers. -- Glenn Maynard
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