What a strange error in JS formatting of a new object?

开发者_开发知识库My javascript code that produces a syntax error:

var x =
{
  a: 123
};

The same code without an error:

var x = {
  a: 123
};

What the heck?

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Javascript adds implicit ";" at the end of lines sometimes, I suppose this is what happens, and results in

var x = ;