RDC00202 — Module-scope Dim declaration

Severity: Information · Family: RDC (Rubberduck Core analyzers) · Raised by: ModuleScopeDimAnalyzer

A module-level variable is declared with Dim.

At the module level Dim declares a Private variable, the same as Private does (MS-VBAL §5.2.3 Module Declarations); Dim is the keyword of a local variable, and Private and Public state what a module-level one is. The diagnostic is an opinion of the analyzer and not a condition of the language: both are legal VBA.

That a statement is written with Dim is a fact of the way it is written: the analyzer reads it off the syntax tree, and makes one finding for each statement, however many variables it declares. It is a suggestion because Private does not change what the variable is.

How it is raised

Situation	Example	Resolution
A variable is declared with `Dim` outside of any procedure.	`Dim total As Long`	Write `Private`, or `Public` if the variable is meant to be accessible from other modules.

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RDC00202 — Module-scope Dim declaration

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