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gcc / cobol

Date

2026-07-29

Author

James K. Lowden

Commit

4487236ddfbd387287ff217a40ae675511dcdb00

Source

github

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: 4487236ddfbd387287ff217a40ae675511dcdb00
source_type: github
headline: Accept newline in COBOL reference modification patterns.
tldr: COBOL lexer now correctly handles newlines within reference modification patterns.
author: James K. Lowden
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• lexer
• parsing
• bugfix
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/4487236ddfbd387287ff217a40ae675511dcdb00
date: 2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

GCC’s COBOL front-end has been updated to correctly parse reference modification patterns that may include newline characters. This involved modifying the lexer’s recognition rules and fixing an is_refmod() function to ensure proper handling of these patterns, alongside other minor lexer and parser corrections for compatibility and robustness.