struct and typedef in C versus C++

Question

I am currently using a C++ IDE for something that will need to work on C, and wanted to make sure that I won\'t have problems with this later on. After making the struct bel

Answer 1

typedef struct THIS_IS_A_TAG
{
    int a;
    int b;
} THIS_IS_A_TYPEDEF;

THIS_IS_A_TYPEDEF object1;     // declare an object.       C:Ok,     C++:Ok
struct THIS_IS_A_TAG object2;  // declare another object.  C:Ok,     C++:Ok
THIS_IS_A_TAG object3;         // declare another object.  C:Not Ok, C++:Ok

The reason for the typedef is because C programmers would like to be able to do that third thing, but they can't.