C++ Mastery Challenge

Smart Pointers and Memory Management

Day 2 of the C++ Mastery Challenge. Master smart pointers and say goodbye to memory leaks forever.

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C++ Mastery Challenge

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Day 2 tackles one of C++'s most important modern features: smart pointers. These RAII-based tools eliminate memory leaks.

unique_ptr: Exclusive Ownership

unique_ptr provides exclusive ownership semantics. When it goes out of scope, the memory is automatically freed. Perfect for single-owner scenarios.

shared_ptr: Shared Ownership

When multiple parts of your code need to share ownership, shared_ptr uses reference counting to manage the lifetime automatically.

Today's Challenge

Convert a program using raw pointers to smart pointers. Run it through Valgrind to verify zero memory leaks!

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