Razor semicolon missing?

Question

In one of my web MVC3 sites, I'm know seeing a semi-colon at bottom of the page. That being the case, I'm going back through my razor templates and getting more confused than before.

Are semicolons required on @using some.Library.Namespace; statements?

Answer 1

In Razor syntax there are two rules for semicolons.

1. Inside a code block, each complete code statement must end with a semicolon.

<!-- Single-statement block -->
@{ var theMonth = DateTime.Now.Month; }

<!-- Multi-statement block -->
@{
    var outsideTemp = 79;
    var weatherMessage = "Hello, it is " + outsideTemp + " degrees.";
}

2. Inline expressions don't end with a semicolon.

<!-- Inline expression, so no semicolon -->
<p>Today's weather: @weatherMessage</p>

These rules are outlined here.