typedef struct vs struct definitions?

Question

I'm a beginner in C programming, but I was wondering what's the difference between using `typedef` when defining a structure versus not using `typedef`. It seems to me like there's really no difference, they accomplish the same goal. struct myStruct{ int one; int two; };vs. typedef struct{ int one; int two; }myStruct;

Answer 1

Yes, but then you can do this:

typedef _TMyStruct

{

int one;

int two;

} * TMyStruct;

So now you can declare the data structure AND a POINTER to it's type in the same block.

This can also be done with enums and function pointers.