898315 - Deprecate and get rid of FileUtils.getDir(..., ..., true)

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: OS.File, task)

Description

[David Teller [:Yoric] - still alive but not very active]

FileUtils.getDir(..., ..., true) causes main thread I/O that's hard to spot. We should deprecate the method and eliminate its use.

Comment 1

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

I've just noticed that FileUtils.getFile is using FileUtils.getDir(..., ..., true) and we have a bunch of consumers of this function!

Comment 2

[David Teller [:Yoric] - still alive but not very active]

Good catch. Filed as bug 920187.

Comment 3

[David Teller [:Yoric] - still alive but not very active]

We could do this as a mentored bug, see how awful the result is, and prioritize based on the results.

Comment 4

[Barret Rennie [:barret] (they/them)]

IOUtils and PathUtils offers async alternatives