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# Improvements to C/C++ analysis
## General improvements
## New queries
| **Query** | **Tags** | **Purpose** |
|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
## Changes to existing queries
| **Query** | **Expected impact** | **Change** |
|----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Mismatching new/free or malloc/delete (`cpp/new-free-mismatch`) | Fewer false positive results | Fixed an issue where functions were being identified as allocation functions inappropriately. Also affects `cpp/new-array-delete-mismatch` and `cpp/new-delete-array-mismatch`. |
| Overflow in uncontrolled allocation size (`cpp/uncontrolled-allocation-size`) | More correct results | This query has been reworked so that it can find a wider variety of results. |
| Memory may not be freed (`cpp/memory-may-not-be-freed`) | More correct results | Support added for more Microsoft-specific allocation functions, including `LocalAlloc`, `GlobalAlloc`, `HeapAlloc` and `CoTaskMemAlloc`. |
| Memory is never freed (`cpp/memory-never-freed`) | More correct results | Support added for more Microsoft-specific allocation functions, including `LocalAlloc`, `GlobalAlloc`, `HeapAlloc` and `CoTaskMemAlloc`. |
| Resource not released in destructor (`cpp/resource-not-released-in-destructor`) | Fewer false positive results | Resource allocation and deallocation functions are now determined more accurately. |
| Comparison result is always the same | Fewer false positive results | The range analysis library is now more conservative about floating point values being possibly `NaN` |
## Changes to QL libraries