[swift-evolution] Proposal to remove semicolons

[Marc Knaup]

The author of the proposal explicitly states that the proposal is about
semicolons *at the end of the line*.
Any discussion about semicolons in other locations is therefor likely
unnecessary.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> I would be against removing semi-colons.
>
> Semicolons can be used poorly, for example, terminating lines due to
> C-style coding habits. Semicolons can be used well, for example, grouping
> related tasks together, such as combining alloc with its defer{free}
> counterpart.  The former can be caught with de-linting. The latter offers a
> valuable tool.
>
> Poor style we will always have. Removing single-line statement grouping
> offers no measurable gain at a real cost.
>
> --  Erica
>
>
> On Dec 14, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Charles Constant via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
> > semicolon within a line is a expressivity feature.
>
> I don't care if they're invalid as a terminator for lines with *single*
> statements. It would feel annoyingly restrictive to program in a language
> where you can never use two statements on the same line. Even Python allows
> that!
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Sune Foldager via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> *From: *Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com>
>> *Subject: **Re: [swift-evolution] Proposal to remove semicolons*
>> *Date: *14 December 2015 at 20:01:00 GMT+1
>> *To: *Colin Cornaby <colin.cornaby at mac.com>
>> *Cc: *swift-evolution at swift.org, joao3001 at hotmail.com
>>
>> There are two different topics here, and I’d suggest exploring them
>> separately.
>>
>> - The semicolon within a line is a expressivity feature.
>>
>>
>> Yes, and it’s also useful for shell one-liners like "swift <(echo ‘some;
>> swift; statements’)” (is there an option I’m missing to avoid the shell
>> trick?). I am against removing them.
>>
>> -Sune
>>
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