Visual Studio: Warn when private or internal members have no references

Question

Is there a way to get visual studio to warn that a private member does not have any references within the class? How about internal members that have no references within the package / module?

I have been re-factoring my code and I don't want to keep [right-click] --> Find All References for each member in my code base to ensure I have removed all cruft. There has to be a better way...

Answer 1

As far as I know, Visual Studio does give warnings for unused variables. Doesn't that cover it? They are not errors, just warnings.

Answer 2

Have you tried turning on FxCop performance rules? They will detect unused members with internal or private access.

Answer 3

NDepend is perfect for this sort of thing.

Answer 4

ReSharper does something similar with its Solution-Wide Inspections.