On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 1:46 PM Peter Ludemann <peter.ludem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's not clear to me what surprising behaviors there would be. Javascript
> seems to do OK with optional semicolons - presumably its algorithm is similar
> to what BCPL used. (Or perhaps the surprising behaviors are trivial compared
> to the other surprises that Javascript springs on people.)
>
Yes, right up until you try to do something like:
function foo() {
return
thing.goes.here()
}
which becomes extremely common with frameworks like React.js. There's
an implicit semicolon and a big block of dead code.
ChrisA
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