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Date

2026-08-26

Author

James K. Lowden

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8fbc6134ebb7c5f8203e5857f05584a821a05729

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: 8fbc6134ebb7c5f8203e5857f05584a821a05729
source_type: github
headline: Correct CDF COBOL WORDS implementation and add GnuCOBOL aliases.
tldr: COBOL parser updated for CDF WORDS operands and GnuCOBOL $DISPLAY alias.
author: James K. Lowden
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• compiler
• standard compliance
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/8fbc6134ebb7c5f8203e5857f05584a821a05729
date: 2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z

This commit corrects the implementation of COBOL WORDS operands in the CDF according to ISO standards, changing them from keywords to quoted literals. It also adds support for GnuCOBOL’s $DISPLAY directive as an alias for >>DISPLAY and reserves future boolean bit-operators like B_AND.