See my reply to someone else, describing the advantages and disadvantages of omitting semicolons: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2184289 http://news.ycombi

See my reply to someone else, describing the advantages and disadvantages of omitting semicolons: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2184289 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2184289 As for whether you should omit the semicolons, only you can decide how much those pros and cons affect you. Depending on how much you care about others who read your code, you might also want to consider how you think those other people would choose, if they evaluated those pros and cons for themselves.