On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 8:06 PM 'Daseul Lee' via blink-dev <
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> Contact emails
>
> [email protected]
>
> Specification
>
>
> https://github.com/whatwg/fs/pull/53/commits/618b663ebdc0f9842d7db3091baed5f75aa87534
>
> Summary
>
> Updates the asynchronous methods (`flush()`, `getSize()`, `truncate()`) in
> `FileSystemSyncAccessHandle` in the File System Access API to synchronous
> methods. `FileSystemSyncAccessHandle` currently has a mix of sync and async
> methods, hindering the performance and the usability, especially for
> applications porting C/C++ to Wasm. This update will bring consistency in
> the API usage and improve the performance for Wasm-based libraries.
>
>
> Blink component
>
> Blink>Storage>FileSystem
> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EStorage%3EFileSystem>
>
> TAG review
>
> https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/772
>
> TAG review status
>
> Pending
>
>
> Risks
>
> Interoperability and Compatibility
>
> Compatibility:
>
> Changing a return type from Promise to value can break, only if Promise
> methods are directly used rather than `await`. However, we expect minimal
> breakage due to very low usage (~0.00002% page loads; zero usage queried
> via HttpArchive).
>

Do I understand correctly that this usage is a loose upper bound of users
of the API, and not necessarily sites that are not using `await`?
Does it include all the APIs that are planned to stop returning Promises?
Also, can you link the use counter?


> The original API was shipped in M102 and targeted for partner usage, to
> which the changes may be communicated. In addition, all code snippets and
> examples in public documents use `await`, which does not cause any breakage.
>
> Interoperability:
>
> There are no interoperability risks expected. The design change was
> initially proposed and assessed from vendor feedback.
> https://github.com/whatwg/fs/issues/7
>
>
> Gecko: Positive (
> https://github.com/whatwg/fs/issues/7#issuecomment-1226562961)
>
> WebKit: No signal
>
> Web developers: Strongly positive (https://github.com/whatwg/fs/issues/7)
>
> Other signals:
>
> Ergonomics
>
> Low ergonomics risks are expected. In fact, the goal of this change is to
> improve the ergonomics of the API by making all methods to return
> synchronously and make it easier to use on Wasm-ported applications.
>
>
> WebView application risks
>
> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that
> it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?
>
>
> Debuggability
>
> Basic tooling: Autocomplete works as described in "New WebIDL/DOM
> interfaces and attributes".
>
>
> Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac,
> Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and Android WebView)?
>
> No
>
> Desktop only now. Origin Private File System (including
> `FileSystemSyncAccessHandle`) is planned to be shipped on Android in the
> near future.
>
> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests
> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>
> ?
>
> Yes
>
> Flag name
>
> sync-access-handle-all-sync-surface
>
> Requires code in //chrome?
>
> False
>
> Tracking bug
>
> https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1338340
>
> Estimated milestones
>
> DevTrial on desktop
>
> 106
>
>
> Anticipated spec changes
>
>
> https://github.com/whatwg/fs/pull/53/commits/618b663ebdc0f9842d7db3091baed5f75aa87534
>
> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
>
> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5149644305203200
>
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