At 05:40 2007-02-02, Ray Devore wrote:
>I keep seeing two different ways to define a struct
>(see below). What is the benefit of doing the typedef
>over just defining the struct with a tag?  Is one more
>efficient than the other?

it's a holdover from when C was a baby (and didn't actually make a 
TYPE out of the name after struct.
C++ solved that problem


>typedef struct
>{
>     int ivar;
>     double dvar
>} Tdstruct;
>
>vs
>
>struct Tagstruct
>{
>     int ivar;
>     double dvar
>};
>
>Ray
>
>
>
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