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Add setting to disable using semicolons to combine lines #121
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python-minifierparses a Python code module and then serializes it back to valid Python code. When all options tominify()are False, the output remains functionally identical, though formatting may differ since python-minifier does not preserve the original source formatting.Semicolons are a valid part of the Python language, so it's surprising that Pyodide does not support them—I would expect to find them in Python modules in the wild.
We could consider adding an option in the future to control semicolon usage, as there have been requests both to use them more frequently and to avoid them entirely.
While I know that merging lines via semicolons is an attractive way to save character space, this really should be a feature that can be turned off.
I'm currently running into issues getting
python-minifierto play nice with the WASM-basedpyodideinterpreter due to their lack of support for semicolons.But in my opinion, there should be enough configuration options within the
minifier(...)API to where if I set every boolean to false, then zero minification should occur.