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Date

2026-07-27

Author

James K. Lowden

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4eb61759ef5b2a4f67c391f4bbd31d6f9178967f

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: 4eb61759ef5b2a4f67c391f4bbd31d6f9178967f
source_type: github
headline: Accept NUL in COBOL comments.
tldr: COBOL front-end now ignores NUL characters within comments.
author: James K. Lowden
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• lexer
• bugfix
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/4eb61759ef5b2a4f67c391f4bbd31d6f9178967f
date: 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

The GNU COBOL front-end has been updated to tolerate NUL characters within comments. Previously, a NUL character would cause a compilation error, but this change ensures that comments containing NULs are processed without issue.