“warning: useless storage class specifier in empty declaration” in struct

Question

typedef struct item {
    char *text;
    int count;
    struct item *next;
};

So I have this struct with nodes defined as above, but Im getting the er

Answer 1

The typedef is useless because you didn't give it a name. You cannot use the typedef in any way. That's why you get a warning, because the typedef is useless.