I'm surprised no one has compared this to omitting semicolons in js. In both cases it's a rather lengthy list of conditions the writer needs to know about in or

I'm surprised no one has compared this to omitting semicolons in js. In both cases it's a rather lengthy list of conditions the writer needs to know about in order to be absolutely sure you're coding correctly, and in both cases the benefits are debatable. (The list of conditions when js semis can't be omitted are obscure at least.)