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Scala does not have a line continuation character. It infers a semicolon always when:

1. an expression can end

2. The following (not whitespace) line begins not with a token that can start a statement

3. There are no unclosed ( or [ found before

Thus, to "delay" semicolon inference one can place a method call or the dot at the end of the line or place the dot at the beginning of the following line:

ConditionParser.
    parseSingleCondition("field=*value1*").
    description must equalTo("field should contain value1")

a +
b +
c

List(1,2,3)
    .map(_+1)

Wrap it in parentheses. Note that wrap in curly braces doesn't work.