On Thu, 28 Apr 2022 at 19:11, William Linkmeyer via Std-Discussion <
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> Hello,
>
> I’ve been considering writing a paper which allows the programmer to elide
> semicolons when the statement is otherwise followed by any number of
> whitespace and a newline.
>

This will make ioccc entries even more cryptic.
Plus auto code formatters will be breaking code all over the place.


> This would *only* apply to statements — function and class declarations
> and prototypes would be left untouched.
>
> I am wondering if this has come up before, and, if so, what the reception
> was like. If there is no interest for this, I’d rather not write the paper
> or mess with libclang to see if a quick implementation is possible.
>
> Happily,
> Will Linkmeyer
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