The Weird and The Wonderful

using int = System.String;

using from = System.SByte;
using let = System.Byte;
using orderby = System.Single;
using select = System.String;

using System;
...
using String = System.Int32;

String s = "str"; // throws an error
String s1 = 5; // this doesn't throw an error

harold aptroot wrote:

String is not a keyword, so that's not very surprising..

BobJanova wrote:

they should have linked it to a class called DoNotUseVar or something.

byte a = 10;
var b = a;
byte c = b;

var dict = new Dictionary<String, IList<DataColumn>>();

BobJanova wrote:

C#

var dict = new Dictionary<String, IList<DataColumn>>();

var columnNameDict = new Dictionary<String, IList<DataColumn>>();

Dictionary<String, IList<DataColumn>> dict = new();

BobJanova wrote:

But of course one of the places you can't use it is in field declarations which is where you want to do that a lot!