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?

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Answer 1

Interesting. I don't know if it is just a limitation of the C# compiler or if it a fundemental limitaion of the language itself.

To explain what I mean, consider VB.

In VB 9 you also couldn't infer constants, but this was just a limitation of the compiler. In VB 10 they were able to add constant type inference without making any significant changes the to language.