On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 01:13:25 GMT, Kim Barrett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please review this change to the HotSpot Style Guide to permit the use of > variable templates. This is a C++14 feature that, while fairly simple, didn't > get into the initial permitted for HotSpot list because I just didn't get to > it and nobody asked for it. And it has languished on the "undecided" list for > the same reasons. But recently I've had reason to want to use this feature a > couple of times, so I'm now proposing we allow it. > > I merged it into the section for Inline Variables (a C++17 feature), as the > two are closely related. Variable templates were even listed as one of the > workarounds being used to make up for the lack of inline variables. This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: 0fbae805 Author: Kim Barrett <[email protected]> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/0fbae8050b6f853053c7dee6a43d3ffbcfa69954 Stats: 50 lines in 2 files changed: 15 ins; 7 del; 28 mod 8252582: HotSpot Style Guide should permit variable templates Reviewed-by: dholmes, stefank, kvn ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27240
