Question

if (foo) {
  bar;
}

can be shortened to

if(foo) bar;

since it’s only one statement in the block.

I’m wondering if the same applies to try/catch… I don’t like extra cruft in my code.

Answer 1

According to ECMAScript 5, a block is required, which means you need the curly braces.

https://es5.github.io/#x12.14

TryStatement :

try Block Catch

try Block Finally

try Block Catch Finally

Catch :

catch ( Identifier ) Block

Finally :

finally Block

https://es5.github.io/#x12.1

Block :

{ StatementList opt }

StatementList :

Statement

StatementList Statement