Purpose of struct, typedef struct, in C++

Question

In C++ it is possible to create a struct:

struct MyStruct
{
    ...
}

And also possible to do the following:

typedef struct         


        

Answer 1

The "struct MyStruct { };" construct implicitly defines the equivalent typedef, so typically that would be the preferred modern usage. There are still some uses for a typedef, mainly with pointer types to structures. E.g.

typedef struct MyStruct* MyStructPtr;