RFR: 8274400: HotSpot Style Guide should permit use of alignof [v7]

[David Holmes]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:21:37 GMT, Julian Waters <jwaters at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The alignof operator was added by C++11. It returns the alignment for the given type. Various metaprogramming usages exist, in particular when using std::aligned_storage. Use of this operator should be permitted in HotSpot code.
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> Julian Waters has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Oof

Marked as reviewed by dholmes (Reviewer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11761