What should Clear do? (and deleting uploaded files)

[joyously]

While trying to see if a storage backend needs to handle deleting uploaded files, I read this code in the clear function.
https://github.com/mavoweb/mavo/blob/1281b72b2154d9171676c7c5d87cf12a00b2887b/src/mavo.js#L322

At face value, it looks fine (actually the store function does not take a parameter), but should store be called here? Shouldn't the data only be saved when the user chooses Save?

It did not help me figure out if I need to delete an uploaded file. How is that handled?

[LeaVerou]

It's up to the implementation. Either storing an empty file or deleting the file would both be acceptable behaviors. Currently, AFAIK none of the existing file-based storage backends delete the file. There is currently no way to do so via Mavo.

[joyously]

Your answer sounds like it is referring to the saved data that some backends store as files.
My question was about uploaded files, which is part of the data that is being stored.
Additionally, it is about whether storing data before clearing it is the expected sequence. I know if I edit something and then click Clear, I do not want my edits saved first, or I would have clicked Save.

[LeaVerou]

You're right, Clear shouldn't store data before clearing, that's against expectation, and could be quite catastrophic. Btw Clear was moved to a plugin yesterday: https://plugins.mavo.io/plugin/clear
I should still fix this there.