[SomeCallMeTim]

But ASI is controversial, because of the bugs that can be caused by it. (See "JavaScript, the Good Parts"). I make our devs (myself include) use semicolons with jshint, because I believe it's too easy to screw up.

[Already__Taken]

After reading the linked [Isaacs](http://blog.izs.me/post/2353458699/an-open-letter-to-javascr...) post it made me realise a bit more about the language. I don't think I'd agree its easy to screw up. Its as easy as accidentally using global variables.

[mattdesl]

jshint warns about these bugs regardless of whether you have ASI flag turned on.

Writing semicolon-free code is easy. Just put a preceding semicolon before any lines beginning with: ( [ + -