Landing: 2369b8b1eb8a
Project / Subsystem
gcc / cobol
Date
2026-07-29
Author
James K. Lowden
Commit
2369b8b1eb8a2950cc2ea11d79e1ee7abc905e15
Source
github
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No
Breaking
No
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- headline
- Avoid %qs in xasprintf for cobol parsing messages.
- tldr
- Cobol parser changed message formatting to use %s instead of %qs to avoid issues with xasprintf.
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- James K. Lowden
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- • cobol
- • bugfix
- • formatting
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- date
- 2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
The COBOL parser in GCC has been updated to use ordinary string formatting (%s) instead of %qs within xasprintf for certain messages. This change prevents potential issues related to how xasprintf handles quoted strings, improving the robustness of message generation during parsing.