[Python-Dev] Python as a Metro-style App

[Neil Hodgson]

Antoine Pitrou:

> 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

> 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.

   Neil