RFC: 8247976: Update HotSpot Style Guide for C++14 adoption

[John Rose]

On Jun 23, 2020, at 12:32 PM, Kim Barrett <kim.barrett at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Please review / comment on this proposed update to the HotSpot Style
> Guide. This is part of the work for JDK-8208089: JEP 347: Adopt C++14
> Language Features in the JDK.

I read it all.  It is an excellent and timely refresh of the existing document.
(…Which I remember writing first drafts of many years ago!)

The terms RAII and SFINAE need parenthetical definitions and/or links
to their definitions.  Though I’ve been doing C++ most of my life, those
acronyms are not in my primary vocabulary, and I’m surely not the only one.
ODR already has a parenthetical definition, so it’s good to go.

I noted various deletions and additions, and honestly find nothing at
all that bothers me.  It feels like very careful work.

I say ship it!  (Crossing my fingers…)

— John