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ZurdoDev wrote:

This feels lazy to me but I am open minded and am curious if I am missing something. Is there some benefit to declaring most things var instead of what they actually are? In the case above, a string.

Marc Clifton wrote:

var complicatedDictionary = new Dictionary<SomeKey, List<KeyValue>>();

and worse, I like definitely like it.

Dictionary<SomeKey, List<KeyValue>> complicatedDictionary = new *();

dim complicatedDictionary as New Dictionary(of SomeKey, List(KeyValue))

OriginalGriff wrote:

that would be a more natural way of showing what the type

Marc Clifton wrote:

In most cases, the compiler should be able to figure out what foo is by inspecting its usage in the code!

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Dictionary<SomeKey, List<KeyValue>> complicatedDictionary = new ();

MyMostExcellentBaseClassOfAllClassesInTheWholeWorld myClass = new MyMostExcellentBaseClassOfAllClassesInTheWholeWorld();

var myClass = new MyMostExcellentBaseClassOfAllClassesInTheWholeWorld();

MyMostExcellentBaseClassOfAllClassesInTheWholeWorld myClass = new *();

Slacker007 wrote:

it's main purpose is code readability.

void MainMethod() {
   ...
   var methodCall = SomeMethod();
   if (!methodCall.Success) {
     return;
   }
   ...
}

(bool Success, int? ReturnValue) SomeMethod() {
   int? retValue;

   ...
   if (...) {
      return (Success: false, ReturnValue: null);
   }
   ...

   return (Success: true, ReturnValue: retValue):
}

var (Success, ReturnValue) = SomeMethod();
if (!Success) {
    return;
}

private void DoSomething()
{
  var apiEndpoint = new Uri("http://someapi");
  var retryCount = 10;
  var longClassName = new ThisIsAReallyLongNameThatWouldReallyScrewUpTheClassNameDeclaration();
  // body of the method.
}

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

the idea being that it's easier to scan the name if it lines up.

M.D.V.

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