w3c / w3c/FileAPI

Re-word the way the various read operations are defined

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Description

In particular the way the description of the result attribute sort of defines how the result of a read operation is represented is sub-optimal. Some more explicit steps to transform the body returned by the read operation to the various types might make sense.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the File API specification's definitions of the read operations and the description of the result attribute. Clarify the explicit steps that transform a read-operation body into each supported result type, and consider the work done when those transformations are unambiguous.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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