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Data Flow Analysis

Allocations of memory that were not released   New in this release

Reports memory allocations (using either 'new' or 'malloc()') that were not released before becoming inaccessible.

Array access expressions where index may be out of bounds   New in this release

Reports array or pointer variable access expressions where index may be out of bounds of an array or allocated buffer.

Conditions that are always true or false   New in this release

Reports conditions that are always true or false and expressions whose value is statically proven to be constant.

Dataflow inspection timed out   New in this release

Dataflow inspection has reached the time or memory limit and cannot be evaluated in either context-sensitive or context-insensitive mode.

Dereferences of pointers that may contain nullptr   New in this release

Reports dereferences of pointers that may contain nullptr.

Endless loop statements   New in this release

Reports 'for', 'while', 'do-while', and 'goto' statements that exit only by throwing an exception.

Fields that may have not been initialized before their usage   New in this release

Reports fields that may not have been initialized before being used.

Function parameters that always have the same value   New in this release

Reports function parameters that always have the same value.

Functions that call themselves infinitely   New in this release

Reports functions that call themselves infinitely unless an exception is thrown.

Functions whose calls are never used   New in this release

Reports functions whose calls are never used.

Functions whose return value is always the same constant   New in this release

Reports functions where the return value is always the same constant.

Local variables that are declared but never accessed for reading   New in this release

Reports local variables that are declared but never accessed for reading.

Loop conditions that are not updated inside the loop   New in this release

Reports loop conditions that are not updated inside the loop.

References to local values that escape the function   New in this release

Reports references to local values that escape the function through returns, assignments to global variables, or fields.

References to local variables that escape their scope   New in this release

Reports variables with references to the local variables that escape their scope.

References to the contents of invalidated containers   New in this release

Reports references to the contents of invalidated containers.

Unreachable code  

Reports code pieces that are never executed in any control flow and can be removed safely.

Usages of pointers that refer to deleted memory   New in this release

Reports usages of pointers that refer to memory already deleted by the delete operator or the free(void* ptr) function.

Variable values that are never used after being assigned   New in this release

Reports variable values that are never used after being assigned.

Last modified: 03 November 2025