Can I name a variable with the same name as a typedef'd structure name?

Question

Here is the structure declare code.

struct list_el {
    int val;
    struct list_el * next;
};

typedef struct list_el item;

And when I

Answer 1

Jonathan Leffler answered you your question.

I just want to add: if you write your code in c++, you don't need to typedef, so you can implement your list just like this:

struct list_el {
    int val;
    list_el *next;
};

bool delete_element(list_el *item)
{
    list_el *cur = NULL;
    ...
}