Writing JS file without ;

[nntp]

I wonder what will happen if I do not use ; after each line. Will the code
still run in all browers? I saw some scripts which has lines without ; and
still working perfectly.

[Michael Winter]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 02:36:03 -0400, nntp <nn**@rogers.com> wrote:

I wonder what will happen if I do not use ; after each line. Will the
code still run in all browers? I saw some scripts which has lines
without ; and still working perfectly.

ECMAScript defines circumstances where semi-colons are automatically
inserted at the end of a statement, however I personally consider it to be
bad form (and I suspect others will feel the same).

The automatic insertion process is primarily an error-correction
mechanism, used to force certain types of syntax error into something more
acceptable.

I wouldn't advocate intentional omission of terminating semi-colons.

Mike

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[Evertjan.]

Michael Winter wrote on 28 okt 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

I wouldn't advocate intentional omission of terminating semi-colons.

The semicolon is an ECMA-unintentional marker for showing a code line is
not vbscript.

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