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gcc / cobol

Date

2026-09-21

Author

James K. Lowden

Commit

a537bc1e639fe330a2b28dd5ef233e08a9759db2

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github

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: a537bc1e639fe330a2b28dd5ef233e08a9759db2
source_type: github
headline: cobol: Remove unused passby_str function.
tldr: Unused function 'passby_str' removed from COBOL parser.
author: James K. Lowden
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• cleanup
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/a537bc1e639fe330a2b28dd5ef233e08a9759db2
date: 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

The COBOL parser in GCC has removed an unused function named passby_str. This function had become redundant following the introduction of cbl_ffi_crv_str and was no longer being called or utilized in any part of the compiler’s parsing logic.