Semicolon in C++?

Question

Is the \"missing semicolon\" error really required? Why not treat it as a warning?

When I compile this code

int f = 1
int h=2;

the

Answer 1

There are many cases where a semicolon is needed.

What if you had:

int *y;
int f = 1
*y = 2;

This would be parsed as

int *y;
int f = 1 * y = 2;

So without the semicolons it is ambiguous.