# Make (Some) Separators Optional

**URL:** <https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/make-some-separators-optional/4846>\
**Category:** language design\
**Created:** [February 24, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/make-some-separators-optional/4846 "2017-02-24T18:59:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/make-some-separators-optional/4846/55 "2018-06-20T21:26:09Z")

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> [@Ixrec](#):
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> When we stick to things that are valid syntax in the first place, we get the aforementioned arguably consistent rule that an item ends in either a semicolon or a closing curly brace, but not both:

(Unless you are inside an `fn` body where `;` is allowed and sometimes required after `}`, which imo makes the rule too complicated to be consistent)

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