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codeql/change-notes/1.19/analysis-csharp.md
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# Improvements to C# analysis
## General improvements
* Control flow graph improvements:
* The control flow graph construction now takes simple Boolean conditions on local scope variables into account. For example, in `if (b) x = 0; if (b) x = 1;`, the control flow graph will reflect that taking the `true` (resp. `false`) branch in the first condition implies taking the same branch in the second condition. In effect, the first assignment to `x` will now be identified as being dead.
* Code that is only reachable from a constant failing assertion, such as `Debug.Assert(false)`, is considered to be unreachable.
## New queries
| **Query** | **Tags** | **Purpose** |
|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| *@name of query (Query ID)* | *Tags* |*Aim of the new query and whether it is enabled by default or not* |
## Changes to existing queries
| Inconsistent lock sequence (`cs/inconsistent-lock-sequence`) | More results | This query now finds inconsistent lock sequences globally across calls. |
| Local scope variable shadows member (`cs/local-shadows-member`) | Fewer results | Results have been removed where a constructor parameter shadows a member, because the parameter is probably used to initialize the member. |
| Cross-site scripting (`cs/web/xss`) | More results | This query now finds cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in ASP.NET Core applications. |
| *@name of query (Query ID)*| *Impact on results* | *How/why the query has changed* |
## Changes to QL libraries