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+ GnuCOBOL 3.1.2 patch1 released  (20230929) by OSS Consortium.
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+* Support for NATIONAL item
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+** Support for constants (including SPACE, ZERO, and QUATE), data, section, and variable names in Japanese (Shift-JIS encoded) NATIONAL items.
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+** Support to convert strings to double-byte characters when moving data items from "X" to "N" PICTURE symbols.
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+** Support for the reference modification at NATIONAL item.
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+** Support for the use of NATIONAL item in STRING and INSPECT statements.
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+* TODO
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+** We plan to release a patch compatible with GnuCOBOL3.2.0 in 2023.
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  GnuCOBOL 3.1.2 patch1 released  (20230208) by OSS Consortium.
  GnuCOBOL 3.1.2 released (20201223)
  GnuCOBOL 3.1.1 released (20201208) containing INITIALIZE bug #694