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Re: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example?

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In article <5492d90d$0$2851$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>, Erwin
Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>My advice:
>When things are confusing, strive to make them clear.
>Don't rely on (poorly understood) rules to solve the problem.
>Simply avoid the problem.
>
>In this case: Simply stick to using a semicolon, even if you are allowed 
>to omit it.
>
>This case reminds me of order of operations: (multiply, power, addition, 
>division, modulo, etc)
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#Programming_languages
>
>I don't know that list by heart, so I use parenthesis a lot to make the 
>order clear.

This is very good advice.

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Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example? Peter <pilarp@poczta.onet.pl> - 2014-12-16 13:58 -0800
  Re: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-16 23:21 +0100
  Re: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-12-17 00:10 +0100
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        Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-28 23:52 +0100
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  Re: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example? Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2014-12-18 14:39 +0100
    Re: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-12-18 14:04 +0000

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