Type-inferring a constant in C#

Question

In C#, the following type-inference works:

var s = \"abcd\";

But why can\'t the type be inferred when the variable is a constant?

T

Answer 1

I agree with Eric that this is ugly as sin:

const var s = "abcd"

But why not simply this?

const s = "abcd"

Seems like a reasonable syntax to me.