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gcc / cobol

Date

2026-07-17

Author

Robert Dubner

Commit

b84ff621504a435d5ff4c416c10b178b6018ed76

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github

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: b84ff621504a435d5ff4c416c10b178b6018ed76
source_type: github
headline: Cobol compiler adds filename-as-device feature and normalizes special registers.
tldr: Cobol compiler gains filename-as-device parsing and stabilizes special register handling.
author: Robert Dubner
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• compiler
• feature
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/b84ff621504a435d5ff4c416c10b178b6018ed76
date: 2026-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

The GCC Cobol compiler introduces a new feature allowing filenames to be specified using device syntax, with the code generator implementation pending. It also normalizes the initialization and handling of ‘special registers’ by using global constants instead of temporary variables, improving consistency between compile-time and run-time representations. Additionally, scanning rules are updated for comparison operators and formatting improvements are made across several files.