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From: "George Foot" <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
To: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 04:54:24 +0000
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Subject: Re: Trouble with many mallocs and reallocs
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On 11 Aug 98 at 17:28, Endlisnis wrote:

> Bruno Barberi Gnecco wrote:
> 
> > struct node {
> >   struct node *forward, *back;
> >   unsigned char *data;
> >   };
> > typedef struct node NODE;
> 
>     Why do you use a typedef to reference 'node' as 'NODE'?
> node a;   //SAME AS
> NODE a;

He didn't, he typdeffed `struct node' as `NODE'.

> PS:  You don't need to use the word 'struct' when declaring node pointers, you can
> just say node*.

In C++ that is true, but in C you need an explicit typedef before you 
can do that.

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