What does LVTI have in common with null initializers, instance variables, and catch blocks variables? Well, LVTI cannot be used with any of them. The following attempts will fail:

• LVTI cannot be used with null initializers:

// result in an error of type: variable initializer is 'null'
var message = null;

// result in: cannot use 'var' on variable without initializer
var message;

• LVTI cannot be used with instance variables (fields):

public class Player {

  private var age; // error: 'var' is not allowed here
  private var name; // error: 'var' is not allowed here
  ...
}

• LVTI cannot be used in catch block variables:

try {
  TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.sleep(1000);
} catch (var ex) {  ... }