I'm thinking that semicolons are optional if the statement ends with a newline or end brace. But could still be used, especially to put multiple statements on one line.

Int foo() { return a + b }

Bool foo()
{
  if (compute())
    return true
  else
   return false
}

It just looks so much cleaner, and they don't really add much value to the grammar. I say we make our Fan coding convention never to use semicolons unless putting statements on one line, so that it becomes the standard convention (our conventions will set the precendence).

I have mixed feelings about that. I think I would have to play with it first.

It looks nice, but semicolons will definitely be a hard habit to break.

Since I don't hear any strong objections, I will make it so. I think it's going to be nice.

I've checked this change in. Statements can end with:

• semicolon
• newline
• end of block: }