Why can I create a class named “var”?

Question

Isn\'t var a keyword in C#? But why can I do this:

public class var { }

public class main
{
    public static void main(string[] args)
    {
           


        

Answer 1

The compiler is smart enough to know that the context you are using var as a class name is never a context for the keyword so allows it (which is why it is defined as a contextual keyword).