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

[Jesper Wilhelmsson]

I agree that the Developers' Guide would be a good place for this document. There is already a discussion on guide-dev about including the Java coding style guide and there are plans to add style guides for our Markdown and Makefiles as well.

If we can reduce the number of places one has to look to find this kind of information I think everyone will benefit in the end.

Thanks,
/Jesper

> On 24 Jun 2020, at 08:29, Erik Helin <erik.helin at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> On 6/23/20 9:32 PM, Kim Barrett wrote
>> For convenience of review, especially for incremental updates based on
>> feedback, I'm publishing the updated document as a webrev.
> 
> Thanks, appreciated!
> 
>> Once reviewed, the finished text can be used to update the wiki, unless we
>> decide it should be homed somewhere else.
> 
> Should this document perhaps go into the OpenJDK guide [0] instead of being on the wiki [1]? Since the OpenJDK guide resides in a repository [2], that would allow for updates (and reviews/discussions) using our standard contribution processes.
> 
> I personally find it easier to keep up with changes to the guide (by subscribing to guide-dev [3]) compared to following the wiki change history.
> 
> Thanks,
> Erik
> 
> [0]: https://openjdk.java.net/projects/guide/
> [1]: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/HotSpot/StyleGuide
> [2]: https://github.com/openjdk/guide
> [3]: https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/guide-dev