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Date

2026-07-22

Author

James K. Lowden

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f5e526478144f75be87503c4fa64e2d715b15c06

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: f5e526478144f75be87503c4fa64e2d715b15c06
source_type: github
headline: Cobol: Accept ASSIGN TO DEVICE clause.
tldr: Cobol compiler now supports the ASSIGN TO DEVICE clause for flexible file and device handling.
author: James K. Lowden
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• compiler
• language feature
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/f5e526478144f75be87503c4fa64e2d715b15c06
date: 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

The GCC Cobol compiler now accepts the ASSIGN TO DEVICE clause in file-handling statements. This allows device names specified in the SELECT statement to refer to implementation-defined devices, in addition to existing runtime environment variables. New warnings have been introduced to manage dialect variations related to this feature.