typedef struct vs struct definitions [duplicate]

Answer 1

In C (not C++), you have to declare struct variables like:

struct myStruct myVariable;

In order to be able to use myStruct myVariable; instead, you can typedef the struct:

typedef struct myStruct someStruct;
someStruct myVariable;

You can combine struct definition and typedefs it in a single statement which declares an anonymous struct and typedefs it.

typedef struct { ... } myStruct;