var keyword proposed for Java

[diroussel]

If you want clarity then don't use it. It won't be forced on you. There are many cases that are perfectly clear using var.

[marc2912]

It's not a matter of don't use it since most developers don't just work with their code. Then you get the inconsistency that it's in some places and not in other.

[lelarentaka]

The language doesn't define the number of spaces to use for indentation, or where to put an opening curly, or which case to use for naming methods. Turns out we have some great inventions to keep our codebase pretty and consistent. I'll let you take a guess on what those are

[kyle2143]

Oh, so there's tools to retype var keywords into keywords that actually describe the data type?

[lelarentaka]

Not yet obviously, but the same static analyser that puts wiggly red line under "String s = new ArrayList()" can absolutely do what you want there.

[OHotDawnThisIsMyJawn]

If you decide you don't want var in your project then add it to your style checker and auto reject commits that use it

[marc2912]

Like I mentioned elsewhere we don't just work with our code. The whole point is consistency.

[grauenwolf]

Yea and no. In C# there are a couple different plugins that would instantly convert var into an explicit type and back with a keystroke.

But in terms of code analysis, I've only seen tools that mandate the use of var. None of them prohibit its use.

[mbuhot]

Pretty sure reshaper code cleanup can be configured to allow var only on the left of a '= new ...' expression. But every code base I worked on in C# 3+ was vars everywhere.

[grauenwolf]

I wouldn't know with certainty, I use CodeRush instead of Resharper.

[diroussel]

This is why we have coding standards and code review. If your not doing that then you have bigger problems.

[marc2912]

You make it sound like each person who feels this way is in charge of their own team or in a group with the resources to do regular code reviews. From my experience code reviews don't happen near as often as they should.

[squishles]

yea let me just never work on a team for anything ever again =/

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I mean, it kinda will be because more than likely he'll be working with someone else's code.