[Python-Dev] Python as a Metro-style App (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Sun Jan 8 01:27:34 CET 2012

> When you say MoveFile is absent, is MoveFileEx supported instead?

WinRT strongly prefers asynchronous methods for all lengthy operations. The most likely call to use for moving files is StorageFile.MoveAsync. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br227219.aspx

How does it translate to C?

> Depending on the extent of removed/disabled functionality, it might not > be very interesting to have a Metro port at all.

Asynchronous APIs will become much more important on all platforms in the future to ensure responsive user interfaces. Python should not be left behind.

I'm not sure why "responsive user interfaces" would be more important today than 10 years ago, but at least I hope Microsoft has found something more usable than overlapped I/O.

Regards

Antoine.

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