var DB*; in C++
<p>My professor sent back a short email:</p>

<pre><code>int x = 100;
var HT*;
HT = new int[x];
</code></pre>

<p>Firstly:
Compiling the code (with other stuff around it to make it "work"):
error: 'var' does not name a type.</p>

<p>Second:
This is for hash tables. Apparently this is the way to create an array of variable size according to the ANSI standard (G++ has extensions that we can't use or he'll shoot us).</p>

<p>Any ideas?</p>
