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> Local variable type inference has helped in [...] making Java code more readable.

whoever got that idea? if i have to infer the variable type it is _less_ readable

This idea is the same as saying less comments make code more readable because it reduces verbosity and typing

Of course, but I believe there is here a distinction between two slightly different cases to be made:

Inferring the return type of methods (i.e. `var x = MyMethod()`) does indeed reduce readability, I fully agree. This is one of the things I highly dislike in Python, for example.

On the other hand, `MyClass x = new MyClass()` does not contain much extra information compared to `var x = new MyClass()`, aside maybe from polymorphism-related information. Does it?