[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] RFR: 8246032: Implementation of JEP 347: Adopt C++14 Language Features in HotSpot

[Kim Barrett]

> On Jun 8, 2020, at 4:07 PM, Philip Race <philip.race at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Kim,
> 
> Can we amend the JEP itself to be not solely about hotspot.
> Since it affects other areas I think that
> 1) They may need to be compiled with C++14 enabled whether they use new features or not
> 2) They may want - or need - to adopt C++11 or C++14 features too.
> 
> You already know that soon we will upgrade the harfbuzz 3rd party library used by 2D
> and it will bring along the need to use C++11 features and I had no plan to propose a JEP for that.
> So I don't want to be asked why we didn't do one when hotspot did !
> So this really ought to be a JDK JEP whilst of course explaining that hotspot is expected
> to be the primary adopter.

I think this is at least mostly covered by the following paragraph from the JEP:

(This JEP does not propose any usage or style changes for C++
code in the JDK that is outside of HotSpot.  The rules are already different
for HotSpot and non-HotSpot code.  For example, C++ exceptions are
used in some non-HotSpot code, but are disallowed in HotSpot by
build-time options.  However, build consistency requirements will make
the newer language features available for use in all C++ code in the JDK.)

That’s why I cc’d the RFR to several mailing lists in addition to hotspot-dev.

Is there something additional you would like to add?

> BTW the JEP (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8208089) still says
> > For Solaris: Add the -std=c++14 compiler option. .....
> 
> So I am sure there is still some room to update the JEP :-)

Yeah, I have some updates to make.  I also need to do a bit of work on the feature lists.