C structs don't define types?

Question

I\'ve just started learning C with a professional Java background and some (if no too much) C++ knowledge, and I was astonished that this doesn\'t work in C:

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Answer 1

That's the way C works. In C you have to say:

typedef struct Point {
    int x;
    int y;
} Point;

And then you'll have a type called Point that does what you want.

In C++ it's enough to define it the way you did.