RFR: 8366057: HotSpot Style Guide should permit trailing return types [v2]

[David Holmes]

On Tue, 9 Sep 2025 03:00:32 GMT, Kim Barrett <kbarrett at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review this change to the HotSpot Style Guide to permit trailing return
>> types for functions.
>> 
>> This is a modification of the Style Guide, so rough consensus among the
>> HotSpot Group members is required to make this change. Only Group members
>> should vote for approval (via the github PR), though reasoned objections or
>> comments from anyone will be considered. A decision on this proposal will not
>> be made before Monday 8-September-2025 at 12h00 UTC.
>> 
>> Since we're piggybacking on github PRs here, please use the PR review process
>> to approve (click on Review Changes > Approve), rather than sending a "vote:
>> yes" email reply that would be normal for a CFV.
>
> Kim Barrett has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains two commits:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' into trailing-return-type
>  - permit trailing return types

Marked as reviewed by dholmes (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26923#pullrequestreview-3199704552