Re: typedef

[EnderWiggenRules@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/7/00 9:37:23 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dakline@vassar.edu writes:

<< all the time. I've done it with structures too, I believe. Am I missing
 something here? What's the advantage of the typedef?
  >>

Typedef, by custom (at least in MY programming circles) is used for VERY 
simple type declarations. For example, you may use a typedef to define an 
"unsigned short" as "word" or "ushort" (which is already assumed in many 
languages, anyway). Thanks to the uses of structs, classes, unions, etc., 
typedef is no longer needed. Generally, though, typeful is used for simple 
type declarations, and classes/structs/etc. are used for more complex type 
declarations. This is just a custom, however. Use classes if you wish. 
There's no advantage here. There's always more than one way to accomplish 
something in programming. Some work better than others. In many cases, 
however, there's really no difference.

-Ender Wiggin
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