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Date

2026-09-17

Author

Xavier Del Campo Romero

Commit

fdaa1a57862e313b20c7bb7e134cd02683d3f2be

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: fdaa1a57862e313b20c7bb7e134cd02683d3f2be
source_type: github
headline: cobol: Set loc for numeric literals BY VALUE
tldr: Cobol compiler now tracks locations for BY VALUE numeric literals to improve diagnostics.
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/fdaa1a57862e313b20c7bb7e134cd02683d3f2be
date: 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

The Cobol compiler now correctly sets the source code location for numeric literals used with the BY VALUE clause. This ensures that diagnostics related to these literals, such as type mismatches or invalid values, provide accurate location information, preventing errors in error reporting.