Solidity ; not required after enum statement

Question

Why is the ; not required after the end of the enum enuContractStates {Ready, Active, Paused} statement. If I add the ; after this statement I get a compile error.

Thank you

contract Picard {
    
    string public constant strFullName = "Jean Luc Picard";
    
    enum enuContractStates {Ready, Active, Paused}
    
    enuContractStates public state;

}

Answer 1

For the same reasons as to why it shouldn't be used after functions.

; is used to end a statement. A statement is usually introducing a variable or assigning a value to a variable.

However the { } construct is to express a block. You shouldn't use semicolon ; to end a block.