VB001
Missing Option Explicit
Visual Basic 6
Warning
VB6
Without Option Explicit a misspelled variable silently becomes a new Variant instead of a compile error
without Option Explicit a misspelled variable silently becomes a new Variant instead of a compile error.
Why this severity
without Option Explicit a misspelled variable silently becomes a new Variant instead of a compile error.
Known false positives
none expected; a module that genuinely relies on implicit declaration is the finding, not an exception to it.
Remediation example
Option Explicit Dim Total As Long