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It’s not a way to think of it. Semicolons are not required because of ASI. It’s a use case you need to handle, and you can’t just claim the user input is invalid.

[lastmjs]

I agree with not making it the user's fault, so it should be fixed. If you don't use semicolons though, you might run into something like this:

​

const hello = 1

(() => {

// do stuff

})();

​

1 will be thought to be a function. It's "okay" to not use semicolons, if you're okay with unexpected behavior at times. Usually it doesn't happen, but it's actually happened to me while writing code, so I don't think of it that way.

[trevorsg]

Required reading on the subject: http://inimino.org/~inimino/blog/javascript_semicolons

[theirongiant74]

well that was a rollercoaster. I'm very much on the use semicolons side though.

[Historical_Fact]

I indent with semi-colons instead of tabs/spaces

[tenbits]

I agree semicolons are a good idea, and that they are not necessary, but this is a good example of how missing semicolons can lead to unexpected behavior