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I don't get var

submitted by johnrudy 2 months, 29 days ago

codeheaven.info — Brief rant about C#'s var keyword. Short version: Aside from anonymous types ... what's the big deal?

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I couldn't comment in your blog, so I'll do it in here:

I think the var was put in C# 3.0 primarily to support LINQ-queries that return anonymous types. In LINQ you can return any kind of objects with variable amount of columns or properties (defined in the select-part).

This ScottGu's article explains it well from the LINQ-perspective, too:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/05/15/new-orcas-language-feature-anonymous-types.aspx

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Jemm 2 months, 29 days ago