You can even get more thrifty by saving on vars as well :) and conserve some more electrons besides those affected by semicolons. _obj.publicVariable = 'ba

You can even get more thrifty by saving on vars as well :) and conserve some more electrons besides those affected by semicolons. _obj.publicVariable = 'bar' _obj.publicMethod = function(){} Personally I cannot type any statement without an ending semicolon, it is a mannerism that stayed with me since I had to learn Pascal. It makes it difficult for me to do anything useful in Python and I am actually contemplating to see a therapist for this.