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Can the C# ‘var’ keyword be misused?

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Jun 10, 2011

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I think this is a nice future, for example look this code:Dictionary > myDic = new Dictionary >();We really need to tell the compiler in this expression what the type of myDic is?This is more concise and clear at...

I think this is a nice future, for example look this code:
Dictionary< SomeClass, List < SomeOtherClass > > myDic = new Dictionary< SomeClass, List < SomeOtherClass > >();
We really need to tell the compiler in this expression what the type of myDic is? This is more concise and clear at least to me:
var myDic = new Dictionary< SomeClass, List < SomeOtherClass > >();
If you are developing an application, you should know the semantic of the method, then the code
 var productsTable = GetProducsDataTable();  
should not be a problem, if you are just reading the code, check this out.
List products = GetData();
foreach(var product in products)
// doSomethingWithProduct(product)
The no less readable code:
var products = GetData();
foreach(var product in products)
// doSomethingWithProduct(product)
I think this is dependant on the context. I'm completely sure that if you choose your methods and variables names well, the code written will be more readable.