I could not find an existing ticket for this case. Apologies if it’s a duplicate

Repro:

Result:

Expected:

Not an error. It is not a syntax error.

Work-around:

Put a semi-colon in.

Compat:

This works fine on CF2021.

Observations:

• This is not really an edge case of the “semi-colons are optional” functionality in Lucee. I think it might be an idea to look at your testing for this lot, is it might require a bit more attention.

• (thanks to for this one). Obvs(?) this is not something to fix just for this one example; the remit here is to fix the broader situation. I suspect you have an issue with how you are determining when the end of a statement is with that cfwhatevertag implementation. Maybe just when it’s one that can take an optional block? Dunno. But like…. as per my testing observation above… I don’t think this might benefit from a step back and identifying all the language constructs in CFML and what constitutes the end of those kind of statements. Then right tests for all of those. THEN get an idea of the scope of what needs fixing, and then start thinking about implementation code. Do not start by implementing a fix. Start with the tests. Starting with the implementation code and not the tests as perhaps caused this situation in the first place? Maybe. Anyway, you get the picture. Cheers.