We are not opposed to the concept of efficient access to files, but we are strongly opposed to minting a brand new Web API for file access instead of enhancing one of the existing ones.
This issue outlines the problem: https://github.com/fivedots/storage-foundation-api-explainer/issues/4 <https://github.com/fivedots/storage-foundation-api-explainer/issues/4> A similar issue was filed by Domenic Denicola from the Chrome team: https://github.com/fivedots/storage-foundation-api-explainer/issues/8 <https://github.com/fivedots/storage-foundation-api-explainer/issues/8> We strongly urge Chrome not to move forward with this API until the above issues are addressed in a satisfactory manner. Regards, Maciej > On Feb 5, 2021, at 9:15 AM, Emanuel Krivoy via webkit-dev > <webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org> wrote: > > (Resending with correct subject for findability and to add further context. > Sorry for the spam.) > > Hello webkit-dev, > > We would like to get an official position from WebKit on the Storage > Foundation API (https://github.com/fivedots/storage-foundation-api-explainer > <https://github.com/fivedots/storage-foundation-api-explainer>), a storage > API that resembles a very basic filesystem, with direct access to stored data > through buffers and offsets. Our goal is to give developers flexibility by > providing generic, simple, and performant primitives upon which they can > build higher-level components. It's particularly well suited for Wasm-based > libraries and applications that want to use custom storage algorithms to > fine-tune execution speed and memory usage. > > The API is currently available behind a flag in Google Chrome. We've received > feedback before in #4 > (https://github.com/fivedots/storage-foundation-api-explainer/issues/4 > <https://github.com/fivedots/storage-foundation-api-explainer/issues/4>), > asking to clarify our relationship to other storage APIs. We are still > working on gathering all the required data to resolve the issues raised > there, we intend to update it as soon as we can. > > Thank you, > Emanuel Krivoy > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
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