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Date

2026-07-23

Author

James K. Lowden

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1c6f621e134874ddf75d1a910fd4b198d2e6f7e5

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: 1c6f621e134874ddf75d1a910fd4b198d2e6f7e5
source_type: github
headline: Cobol: TYPE clause is an implicit USAGE for validation.
tldr: Cobol compiler now recognizes the TYPE clause as an implicit USAGE, improving validation accuracy.
author: James K. Lowden
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• compiler
• validation
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url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/1c6f621e134874ddf75d1a910fd4b198d2e6f7e5
date: 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

The cobol compiler now recognizes the TYPE clause as an implicit USAGE for validation purposes. This change updates the parser to include the value_clause_e in a bitmask for testing and refines diagnostic messages in symbols.cc to improve clarity when validating types.