"I think I at least learned enough C++ to be able to read other people's code and understand it"
*proceeds to actually look at a C++ code*
Help, what's a unique_ptr? 
std::unique_ptr is a smart pointer that owns (is responsible for) and manages another object via a pointer and subsequently disposes of that object when the unique_ptr goes out of scope.
How is this different to just allocating a struct on the stack? And the memory will get de-allocated once you go out of scope?
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@vaporeon_ my understanding is that you use it if you want an object with heap-allocated memory storage but with the allocation behavior you would expect as if it were on the stack. i do not know why you would want this
