Landing: fda1343ae840
Project / Subsystem
gcc / cobol
Date
2026-07-08
Author
James K. Lowden
Commit
fda1343ae84090a78a40a7c9b34b11c146985061
Source
github
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- COBOL: Support non-unique section names for procedure references
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- COBOL compiler now correctly handles repeated section names when referencing paragraphs.
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- • cobol
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- • symbol table
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- 2026-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
The COBOL compiler has been updated to support non-unique section names. This allows paragraphs within sections to be referenced and performed, as long as the specific section and paragraph name pair is unique within the program. The changes improve the symbol table’s handling of section and paragraph mappings and add validation for all referenced procedures.