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	* Make ownership of objects passed into / out of functions and methods explicit, where possible. This can be done via naming, documentation, use of shared pointers, ref-counted pointers or <tt>std::auto_ptr</tt>, to name a few possibilities. It's always better to ensure a method can only be called the 'right' way, rather than trying to document the intended behaviour and hope people respect it.		* Make ownership of objects passed into / out of functions and methods explicit, where possible. This can be done via naming, documentation, use of shared pointers, ref-counted pointers or <tt>std::auto_ptr</tt>, to name a few possibilities. It's always better to ensure a method can only be called the 'right' way, rather than trying to document the intended behaviour and hope people respect it.

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