From cd6a649a165b35b528234b2ec96c6b06dcda8c43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dane Springmeyer <dane@dbsgeo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:56:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add note about boost::make_shared to coding conventions

---
 docs/contributing.markdown | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/contributing.markdown b/docs/contributing.markdown
index 5e52a282e..3040ebada 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.markdown
+++ b/docs/contributing.markdown
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ If you see bits of code around that do not follow these please don't hesitate to
 
 * Indentation is four spaces, unless 2 works better for a given case
 
+* Shared pointers should be created with [boost::make_shared](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_47_0/libs/smart_ptr/
+make_shared.html) where possible
+
 * Function definitions should not be separated from their arguments:
 
     void foo(int a) { ... } // please