== Why is this an issue? The semicolon (``++;++``) is optional as a statement separator except in traditional ``++for++`` loops and when several statements are combined on one line (which is a bad practice). For cleaner code, semicolons should be omitted. === Noncompliant code example [source,text] ---- int a; // Noncompliant ---- === Compliant solution [source,text] ---- int a ----