C# Generic Method Without Specifying Type

Question

Ok so I\'m a Java guy starting to use C# and I was coding and started making a generic method and what I wrote runs and compiles but it goes against everything I know about

Answer 1

The C# compiler can often infer the generic type at compile time. When it can do this, you do not need to specify the type for a generic method.

This is a major part of what makes LINQ "usable". Without compile time type inference, queries would look like:

IEnumerable myIds = myCollection
                             .Where(i => i.Name == "Foo")
                             .Select(i => i.Id);

Instead of being able to write:

var myIds = myCollection.Where(i => i.Name == "Foo").Select(i => i.Id);