[Javascript] RE: semicolon;

[Edward Tisdale]

And this great use of a semicolon is not available in
Visual Basic.  What does one do in this case?  Okay,
I'm going off subject from Mozilla.  No need for
replies.



www.edwardtisdale.com


--- Mark Wonsil <wonsil at 4m-ent.com> wrote:
> Chris asks:
> > By that same token, 
> 
> Pun intended?
> 
> > what if the change that came was to force people
> > to just use multiple lines instead of trying to
> put multiple
> > statements on one? 
> 
> The current trend is the opposite but it's really no
> problem.  Since I
> explicitly indicated the end of my statements with a
> semi-colon, I can use a
> simple Perl, awk, VB, tr, etc. script/program to
> translate the semi-colon
> into a CR, LF or CR/LF as needed by the targeted
> operating system.  Without
> the semi-colon, my translation routine would have to
> know all of the
> assumptions that a JavaScript interpreter would
> make, including the
> different assumptions that Jscript might be from
> ECMA, or version 1.0, 1.1,
> 1.2, 1.x, etc.  Being explicit makes life easier.
> 
> > I have no idea how the language was intended, but
> I believe
> > readability in code almost always prevails over
> 'slickness' or how
> > compact it is (at least
> > that's the case in more modern langauges as space
> isn't a constraint
> > like it once was), so that would lead me to
> believe the semicolon may
> > have been put in as an afterthought for people who
> went shoot the
> > latter 2... 
> 
> As part of my job, I probably modify more code than
> I generate.  Most of the
> "slickness" I run into is when the original
> programmer relies on default
> behaviors.  The purpose of the semi-colon is
> probably not for human
> readability, it's for the parser in the compiler or
> interpreter.  Web pages
> that are well-form (and have a doctype declared)
> will render faster than a
> web page that is missing end tags or has mixed
> closing tags.  The
> compiler/interpreter has to make assumptions and
> that costs cycles.
> 
> Anyway, this thread is getting a tad bit on the
> religious side.  I've given
> my opinion and my experiences that have led up to
> it.  Take what you like
> from this but feel free to do what works for you and
> the people who maintain
> and use your code.
> 
> Mark W.
> 
> 
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