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		VMG on May 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Underscores are stupid I noticed this too after using Coffeescript, going back to plain JS. It's especially annoying when shuffling array elements or function parameter around: all items need to be separated by a colon, except for the last one, that must not have a trailing comma, making line swapping a nightmare. Drives me nuts.

vorg on May 16, 2012 [–]

> all items need to be separated by a colon, except for the last one, that must not have a trailing comma, making line swapping a nightmare

Then use a language which allows trailing commas in lists, param-lists, maps, e.g. grOOvy

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