var in C# - Why can't it be used as a member variable?

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Published on 2010-05-05T08:08:15Z Indexed on 2010/05/05 8:18 UTC
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Why is it not possible to have implicitly-typed variables at a class level within C# for when these variables are immediately assigned?

ie:

public class TheClass
{
    private var aList = new List<string>();
}

Is it just something that hasn't been implemented or is there a conceptual/technical reason for why it hasn't been done?

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