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0 pointsaskvictor8y ago0 comments

And yet somehow the web doesn't break when one programmer uses \r\n while another uses \n. What was your original point about line terminators in this context?

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austincheney8y ago

I suppose that goes to how the language defines line termination and whether that language is OS aware. JS is completely independent of its execution context. Python may achieve this as well, and if so, then I am wrong in my thoughts about Python.

Here is how JavaScript does this:

* https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-source-text

* https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-line-termin...

ASI is defined in the spec here: https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-automatic-s...

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austincheney8y ago

Here is how JavaScript does this:

* https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-source-text

* https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-line-termin...

ASI is defined in the spec here: https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-automatic-s...

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