Custom Unique Pointer Implementation - Quant Developer Interview Question
Difficulty: Medium
Category: data_structures
Asked at: Akuna, Jump Trading, Tower Research, Optiver, HRT
Topics: c++, memory-management, pointers, raii
Problem Description
Deterministic memory management is essential in low-latency financial systems to eliminate garbage collection pauses and prevent resource leaks. The RAII (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization) idiom, encapsulated by smart pointers, ensures exclusive resource ownership and automatic cleanup, which is critical for maintaining stability in high-frequency trading environments.
Task
Implement a template class UniquePtr<T> that manages a dynamically allocated object with exclusive ownership semanti
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