Specifies a procedure having internal linkage
Syntax
Description
In procedure definitions (forbidden at declaration line level),
Private specifies that a procedure has internal linkage, meaning its name is not visible to external modules.
Therefore among the compiled modules, two procedures with the same identifier, but defined inside different modules, may exist if both are
Private.
The compiler removes the
Private procedures that are not called, but this does not currently work for
Private procedures that are only called by other
Private procedures that are not called themselves, because the first one appears as being called.
The
Option Private statement allows procedures to be defined with internal linkage by default.
Example
'e.g.
Private Sub i_am_private
End Sub
Sub i_am_public
End Sub
Differences from QB
See also