consequences of removing semicolons in D like in Python

pineapple via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Mon Sep 19 06:06:30 PDT 2016


On Friday, 16 September 2016 at 23:00:08 UTC, eugene wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code in 
> D like in Python?
> Is it worth it?

If you write JS in a professional environment, you will almost 
certainly be required to terminate every line with a semicolon 
because it's too easy to write code that behaves in unexpected 
ways otherwise. If you spend enough time writing Python, you will 
start to run into cases where meaningful whitespace makes it 
difficult to write readable, functional code.

Omitting semicolons satisfies a small handful of programmers who 
don't like having them all over the place, sure, but it alienates 
everyone who takes development seriously enough that the 
ambiguity becomes a hinderance.


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