From e4cfb808bf14f88efab48668843e7d205fdabaf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sp2xdev <127630192+sp2xdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2025 00:38:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f26733e..a9b5a11 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -86,5 +86,9 @@ if (conditional)
 }
 ```
 
-* Please give [C++ Core Guidelines](https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines) a read. Though, we don't use GSL.
+* Please give [C++ Core Guidelines](https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines) a read. A few things to point out in spice codebase:
+  * We don't use GSL.
+  * Don't throw exceptions.
+  * Stick to smart pointers. For interfacing with C Win32 API and raw buffers, use `unique_plain_ptr`.
+  * Writing in C is also completely acceptable.
 * Other than that, there are no strict rules for code formatting, but please attempt to emulate the style around the code you are modifying.