Landing: 723601605a76
Project / Subsystem
gcc / cobol
Date
2026-09-10
Author
James K. Lowden
Commit
723601605a76b955f0a82fcc492dcb11524779d2
Source
github
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- Cobol compiler adds GnuCOBOL compatibility features.
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- Cobol compiler gains GnuCOBOL compatibility features, including new hexadecimal notation and dialect-specific keywords.
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- • cobol
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- 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
This update enhances the Cobol compiler’s compatibility with GnuCOBOL by introducing several features. It now supports hexadecimal numeric notation (e.g., h'41' for 65) under the -dialect gnu option and recognizes COBOL-WORDS for intrinsic functions. The changes also include finer distinctions for dialect options and improvements to handling REDEFINES tables and potential undefined behavior in literal subscript out-of-bounds cases.