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gcc / cobol

Date

2026-09-17

Author

Xavier Del Campo Romero

Commit

628c2b735f489d75a24a2c280e318951544350f0

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: 628c2b735f489d75a24a2c280e318951544350f0
source_type: github
headline: cobol: Print arg loc rather than rule loc
tldr: Cobol compiler now shows argument location for BY CONTENT expression errors.
author: Xavier Del Campo Romero
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• compiler
• diagnostics
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/628c2b735f489d75a24a2c280e318951544350f0
date: 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

This commit refactors the Cobol compiler’s error reporting for ‘BY CONTENT expression’ issues, ensuring it displays the specific argument’s location rather than the location of the parsing rule. This provides more precise feedback to developers when a BY CONTENT expression is used incorrectly, such as when the ‘-dialect ibm’ option is not enabled.