Typedef struct vs just struct

Posted on 16th Feb 2014 07:03 pm by admin

Anyone know the rationale for using typedef for structs when a struct is itself a typedef? I have seen this in just about every book I have ever read, never with any explanation, yet I know from extensive personal experience that the end result is exactly the same (at least on all compilers from the last 10 years). Is it nothing more than an effort to save typing 'struct' on the variable declarations (and that not even needed in C++)? For instance, this all seems to be the same:

Code: typedef struct { int i; } bob; struct nob { int i; }; bob b; struct nob n;

I have heard people adamantly argue that everything should be typdef-ed as a way to make maintenance easier, but in my experience when you change a data type you still need to examine every single place it is used in the entire code base to make sure you aren't creating bugs with the type change, so I don't see the maintenance benefit. I find it a lot more useful to know what an object type is without needing to constantly look up what the heck the typedef really is (of course, for structs that doesn't help). Good IDEs will make that process less painful, but I have found my ability to maintain code is actually decreased with the extensive use of typedefs.

So, any arguments for the use of typedefs?

Your Answer:

Login to answer

Other forums

selectbox+database connection retrive problem
Code: [Select]
<tr>
<th align="left" scope="c

Calculus Help (and by help I mean homework)
Hrmmm, I hate posting about math homework, partly because it's homework, and partly because I hate w

Remove values in array2 from array1
I have two arrays.

Array 1 is where the array key holds various different numbers. For exampl

Lining up columns nicely.
Hello everyone, I'm having problems with making columns line up properly. Here is my code:

Wordpress IE issue
So I am trying to add the background shadow to my wordpress page. It works fine in Firefox but does

cURL and Sessions
Ohai.

So, I'm trying to cURL a bunch of things off of a page, and put them into a session. I'

how can i display php source code snippets ?
I am outputting some pho code .. and I want to display the source code so people can copy and paste

Empty text file when there is over XXXX lines of text.

define("RANDOM_FILE","/public_html/random.txt");
$randomEntry = "

Error in write byte array into document in SM58
Hi Gurus,

Getting the following error status in Transactional RFC (SM58) ..... *Error i

Significance of BPM
Hi Experts,
I am a novice in BPM , I just want to know how BPM as permenant department is