In C, is it good form to use typedef for a pointer?

Question

Consider the following C code:

typedef char * MYCHAR;
MYCHAR x;

My understanding is that the result would be that x is a pointer of type \"

Answer 1

I don't particularly like typedef to a pointer, but there is one advantage to it. It removes confusion and common mistakes when you declare more than one pointer variable in a single declaration.

typedef char *PSTR;
...
PSTR str1, str2, str3;

is arguably clearer than:

char *str1, str2, str3;  // oops