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Date

2026-08-25

Author

James K. Lowden

Commit

fa98c7807db134bca293828f4888e01286ea5e8f

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github

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: fa98c7807db134bca293828f4888e01286ea5e8f
source_type: github
headline: Lex CDF tokens exclusively in COBOL to treat words as data.
tldr: COBOL lexer now prioritizes CDF tokens, allowing COBOL words to be treated as data.
author: James K. Lowden
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• lexer
• compiler
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/fa98c7807db134bca293828f4888e01286ea5e8f
date: 2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z

The COBOL lexer has been modified to exclusively prioritize Customer Data Format (CDF) tokens over default COBOL keywords. This change allows COBOL words to be interpreted as data within the CDF context, resolving issues related to parsing and handling specific data formats.