Subj : Re: SpiderMonkey: newline in script important?
To   : Franky Braem <fa225992@skynet.be>
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Wed Jan 15 2003 09:39 am

Franky Braem wrote:

>Well I found the answer in a JavaScript reference. A ; is mandatory when
>using an anonymous function.
>So the compiler in SpiderMonkey is wrong when it allows anonymous functions
>only ended with a carriage return after the }
>

See ECMA-262 Edition 3 Chapter 16.  Implementations are allowed to 
extend the standard to handle errors in program and regular expression 
syntax.

SpiderMonkey has been inserting semicolons automatically in this case 
for a long time; I don't think I can change it to require a semicolon at 
this late date.

/be

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