Integrated: 8366057: HotSpot Style Guide should permit trailing return types

[Kim Barrett]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:07:00 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.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: af9b9050
Author:    Kim Barrett <kbarrett at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/af9b9050ec51d0c43690fc42658741bd865b0310
Stats:     85 lines in 2 files changed: 81 ins; 0 del; 4 mod

8366057: HotSpot Style Guide should permit trailing return types

Reviewed-by: dholmes, stefank, kvn, adinn, jsjolen

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26923