JDK-8327173 : HotSpot Style Guide needs update regarding nullptr vs NULL
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: other
  • Affected Version: 23
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2024-03-03
  • Updated: 2025-02-24
  • Resolved: 2024-03-06
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JDK 23
23 b13Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8299837 - Replace NULL with nullptr in hotspot code and tests
Relates :  
JDK-8327494 - Enable gcc -Wzero-as-null-pointer-constant for HotSpot
Description
The style guide currently says nullptr should be preferred to NULL, and that there are lots of historical uses of NULL.  But existing uses of NULL have been eliminated (JDK-8299837 and related) and the style guide should be updated to reflect that.  It should now require the use of nullptr and avoidance of NULL.
Comments
Changeset: 3d37b286 Author: Kim Barrett <kbarrett@openjdk.org> Date: 2024-03-06 22:42:18 +0000 URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/3d37b28642fd2715ab5c365426409c61939a1436
06-03-2024
A pull request was submitted for review. URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18101 Date: 2024-03-04 08:38:09 +0000
04-03-2024