wse

This function enforces ThingsDB to create a change.

When using a stored closure which requires a change it might not be possible for ThingsDB to detect the change requirement before evaluation the query. In this case it is required to use wse() to enforce a change.

Function wse() might both wrap a statement and be called without arguments.

This function generates a change.

Function

wse([statement])

Arguments

Return value

Return value of the given statement or nil.

Example

This code shows an example usage for wse():

// Suppose we have a closure with side-effects
.take_license = || .licenses -= 1;

// And we have some initial licenses
.licenses = 99;

Here we need wse() to enforce a change:

wse();

// without wse() no change would be created and thus this would raise an error
.take_license();

// Return the number of licenses left
.licenses;

Return value in JSON format

98