Declaring variables in one common asp pag

I know that it's considered sloppy programming to declare a variable on a page if you aren't going to use it, but what happens if you do it? Does it end up costing more bandwidth the more variables that are declared or is it just that it's sloppy to do so?

The reason that I ask is because I want to keep track of all of my variables on one common page instead of declaring them on each individual page. This will help me keep track of what variables I have on my site and what they are being used for.

But if I do this all of the variables will be declared at once, even when they aren't needed.

What are the consequences of this going to be?

Good point.  I got to thinking about a different way that I could do it.  I still want to declare all of my variables on one page but if I have a variable like this on every page:

Dim strPageName

strPageName = "debug.asp"

<!--#include file="variables.asp" -->

Then on the variables page use

If strPageName = "debug.asp" then Dim strGroupName

That may cut down on the bandwidth because I don't think it will read the portions of the variables that do not meet the If criteria.

I know it sounds strange what I want to do, but I've done a lot of customization and am finding it difficult to keep track of all of my variables.  This was the best way that I could think of to start organizing.

Edited by roverroad

Just a simple

For i = 1 To 1000000

Response.Write("Hello" & vbCrlf)

Next

Will killl your server