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But ASI is controversial, because of the bugs that can be caused by it. (See "JavaScript, the Good Parts"). I make our devs (myself include) use semicolons with

But ASI is controversial, because of the bugs that can be caused by it. (See "JavaScript, the Good Parts"). I make our devs (myself include) use semicolons with jshint, because I believe it's too easy to screw up.

Already__Taken 12y ago
After reading the linked [Isaacs](http://blog.izs.me/post/2353458699/an-open-letter-to-javascript-leaders-regarding http://blog.izs.me/post/2353458699/an-open-letter-to-javascr...) post it made me realise a bit more about the language. I don't think I'd agree its easy to screw up. Its as easy as accidentally using global variables.
mattdesl 12y ago
jshint warns about these bugs regardless of whether you have ASI flag turned on. Writing semicolon-free code is easy. Just put a preceding semicolon before any lines beginning with: ( [ + -