Usage of C++ features

[Christian Thalinger]

On Feb 6, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Igor Veresov <igor.veresov at oracle.com> wrote:

> Definitely there are talks about this.
> More templates, exceptions

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8023056

> , and if we’re lucky with our own set of compilers - STL.
> 
> igor
> 
> On Feb 6, 2014, at 2:33 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz <goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> wrt. our (SAPs) various ports which are running on old machines, built
>> with old compilers for compatibility, I would like to find out about
>> the OpenJDK policy regarding 'real' C++ features.
>> 
>> Recently, we found increasing usage of C++ features.
>> 
>> -          'throw()'  in nmethod operator new
>> 
>> -          usage of namespace std::
>> 
>> -          template template parameters in binaryTreeDictionary.hpp|cpp
>> 
>> We would like to know whether you are planning to increase the
>> usage of C++ or even use C++11 features.  Or, whether you are planning
>> to keep the policy to avoid C++ features that caused problems to
>> compilers in the past.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Goetz.
>