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Closest Bathroom / Desk on a Grid

Given a 2-D grid with cells marked `B` (bathroom), `D` (desk), and `_` (empty), return the shortest distance from each desk to its nearest bathroom under 4-directional movement. A 1-D variant uses `{0, 1, 2}` for empty / person / cake. Follow-ups extend to a global cake-to-person assignment.

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