> in modern JavaScript You are probably right on this – but there's still old code around and ease of context switching may be a thing. Also, I guess, you can'

> in modern JavaScript You are probably right on this – but there's still old code around and ease of context switching may be a thing. Also, I guess, you can't be too defensive in your approaches, when setting up a shared codebase that may be around for some time. (With JS being extended on a yearly basis, we hardly can imagine what will be around a few years from now.) Edit: However, also related to modern JS, another possible counter argument to mine: With the omission of terminating semicolons and frequent use of multiline statements determining the semantics has also become a question of scanning the next line anyway. Look-ahead is now a thing.