On: Actual drawbacks to omitting semi-colons?

[nostromo]

I always use semicolons in js because I usually compress the code down by removing superflous whitespace -- which would make this style of code not function at all.

[mncaudill → nostromo]

The major compressors are syntax aware. When they compress your JS, they'll put in semicolons where needed.

[suninwinter → nostromo]

A newline takes up just as many bytes as a semicolon.

[masklinn → suninwinter]

But if you have a newline you generally have an indent. Furthermore, there are places in JS where semicolons are absent and newlines are not (after braces).

[pjscott → masklinn]

It's moot, anyway. Format your code for readability, and let a minifier handle making it smaller. Then let gzip finish the job.

[pjscott → suninwinter]

Unless you're using CR+LF as your newline delimiter.