Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D4439C24 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:10:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 41352 invoked by uid 500); 23 Feb 2012 17:10:34 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 41314 invoked by uid 500); 23 Feb 2012 17:10:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact flex-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 41306 invoked by uid 99); 23 Feb 2012 17:10:34 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:10:34 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [74.125.245.92] (HELO na3sys010aog112.obsmtp.com) (74.125.245.92) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:10:28 +0000 Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com ([209.85.212.178]) (using TLSv1) by na3sys010aob112.postini.com ([74.125.244.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKT0Zy7+rLWp7IaixxuzFjVaL3yBi9GHBR@postini.com; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:10:08 PST Received: by wibhm14 with SMTP id hm14so1157892wib.23 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:10:05 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of jp@zavteq.com designates 10.180.109.228 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.109.228; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of jp@zavteq.com designates 10.180.109.228 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=jp@zavteq.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.109.228]) by 10.180.109.228 with SMTP id hv4mr5066581wib.11.1330017005996 (num_hops = 1); Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:10:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.109.228 with SMTP id hv4mr4136948wib.11.1330017005819; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:10:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.100.102 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:10:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <015101ccf160$f1438430$d3ca8c90$@davidarno.org> <4F454BD8.7030503@motion-twin.com> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:10:05 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Would anyone care if we ditched support for semicolons being optional? From: JP Bader To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnTK91qW2KG4lsZNGQgy5N8X6Xc1UiUHU3XaNIBwNmG7nkoEeaxkltFii20jf70l6XITQP8 The only question/reference point I have is the lack of requirement for this in several other languages I've recently been learning, i.e. Ruby, Python, Scala (IIRC). They can compile just fine with or without ';'. Is it really that important to make this required? JP On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:53 AM, saurabh jain wrote: > +1 to mandatory semicolon. > I always thought why this was not mandatory. > > Regards, > Saurabh -- JP Bader Principal Zavteq, Inc. @lordB8r | jp@zavteq.com 608.692.2468