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by imaginology 3611 days ago
That depends on whether the Promise specification gets cancellations. I like fetch's clean API, but being able to cancel my ajax requests is essential.
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azernik 3611 days ago
Cancel the requests, or cancel the callback chain that's set up to fire when they complete?
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k__ 3611 days ago
Essential? Why?
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TheAceOfHearts 3608 days ago
The big use-case I can think of is file uploads. If someone is uploading a large file, you wanna be able to cancel it.
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