"AJ" <a...@nospam.net> wrote in message news:hbodvl$c1...@digitalmars.com...
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> "Walter Bright" <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message
> news:hbo88h$1q...@digitalmars.com...
>> AJ wrote:
>>> Walter, do you write at all? If so, why not take a breather and write an
>>> article about this, given that you have direct experience in addition to
>>> opinion on the topic? :)
>>
>> I write an awful lot - blogs, documentation, articles, presentations,
>> etc. The ; debate, though, is a very old and tired one, and makes me
>> tired just thinking about it :-) So many much more interesting things to
>> write about.
>>
>> Bottom line: yes, there is a case both ways. Nobody will be convinced to
>> change sides. Both can be made to work. There's nothing new to say about
>> it.
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> How about just a list of pros and cons for each? Or even, just the
> esoteric things that you as an implementer may already know that the
> layman doesn't?
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>
Semicolons As Statement Terminators On Single-Statement Lines
Pros:
1. Makes parsing of certain (they need to be listed) constructs easier (how
much?) (?).
2. Adds redundancy which helps diagnose and isolate the following common
programming errors:
A.
B.
Cons:
1. Makes source code less comprehensible.
2. Is redundant with the newline designator.
3. Is more typing.
4.
