>>That is ridiculous about JSint. A code block's opening { being placed at the end of a line is a very common formatting style.
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>The semicolons in JS are optional. The interpreter will "fill them in" where ever it thinks they belong. That means it's possible to run into subtle (read, really hard to find) bugs, which is why it's considered a best practice (and not just style issue) to NOT put curly braces on a new line. It keeps the interpreter from adding a semicolon where it might not belong.

Thanks for clarifying that it isn't just a matter of style. From the school of hard knocks, I'm sure ;-)