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I like working on code bases without semi colons better than those with, because the choice to drop is indicative of the team's attitudes, and I often find many
by proksoup 11y ago
I like working on code bases without semi colons better than those with, because the choice to drop is indicative of the team's attitudes, and I often find many other things I like about those softwares.
The rules to drop them are simpler than the rules to keep them.
- __david__ 11y ago> The rules to drop them are simpler than the rules to keep them. Hmm. "Semi-colon at the end of each statement" is a pretty easy rule, and I think it'll be hard to top that in simplicity. But I'm open if you've got one.
- proksoup 11y agoHm, there are statements where it's not required, like function definitions[1], so it's more confusing than just "after each statement", no? [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1834642/why-should-i-use-a-semicolon-after-every-function-in-javascript http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1834642/why-should-i-use-...