|errorIfEphemeral

Function: |errorIfEphemeral { [] -> [] }

file: job.t
package: muf
status: alpha

The |errorIfEphemeral function accepts a block and issues an error message if the first two values in the block are :ephemeral followed by a non-nil value.

This is a little hack used by the constructor functions for structures and such: Allocating an ephemeral function in an in-db constructor function is useless because it gets popped when the constructor function returns.

The solution is to call the C-coded ]makeStructure primitive directly. the |errorIfEphemeral function is used by automatically generated constructor functions to diagnose this problem and remind the user of the solution.

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