Use of var keyword in C#

Answer 1

I don't see what the big deal is..

var something = someMethod(); // Type of 'something' not clear <-- not to the compiler!

You still have full intellisense on 'something', and for any ambiguous case you have your unit tests, right? ( do you? )

It's not varchar, it's not dim, and it's certainly not dynamic or weak typing. It is stopping maddnes like this:

List v = new List();

and reducing that total mindclutter to:

var v = new List();

Nice, not quite as nice as:

v = List();

But then that's what Boo is for.