Why can't I declare new variables in the immediate window?

Question

This could save me so much time. Sometimes I find myself writing things like this in the watch or immediate window:

MyObject.Function1.Fuction2.Fuction3.Fuction2 

Instead I could just declare several new variables and do this in a more structured way.

However doing this is not allowed.

Is there some way that i can do this? Is there going to be support for what I want in any future versions?

Answer 1

Just answering the question from the headline:

In VS2015 you can declare variables in the immediate window. But you have to end your command with a semicolon:

var abc = "abcdef"; Expression has been evaluated and has no value 

or

var n = 7; Expression has been evaluated and has no value 

or

int o = 8; Expression has been evaluated and has no value 

To show the result, just type the name of your variable:

abc "abcdef" 

or

?abc "abcdef" 

or

?abc; "abcdef" 

or

abc; "abcdef" 

Answer 2

Do not use Dim

jack = 12 ? jack 12 {Integer}