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-Release notes for 1.27
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-A new C++ check was added that detects when a base class has a non-virtual destructor
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-The command line options have changed.
- * --recursive was removed
- * --errorsonly was renamed to --quiet
- * --force was added
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-Improvements in the core functionality that makes the checks more accurate.
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-Many small updates in the memory leak checking.