Top "Typedef" questions

In C and C++, the typedef keyword allows you to create an alias for a known data type.

What does "typedef void (*Something)()" mean

I am trying to understand what this means, the code I am looking at has in .h typedef void (*MCB)(); …

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C Typedef - Incomplete Type

So, out of the blue, the compiler decides to spit this in face: "field customer has incomplete type". Here's the …

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How to define a typedef struct containing pointers to itself?

I am writing a LinkedList in C, the below code represent my Node definition. typedef struct { int value; struct Node* …

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What's the syntax for declaring an array of function pointers without using a separate typedef?

Arrays of function pointers can be created like so: typedef void(*FunctionPointer)(); FunctionPointer functionPointers[] = {/* Stuff here */}; What is the syntax …

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enum values: NSInteger or int?

tl;dr Version How are the data types of an enum's constants guaranteed to be NSUInteger instead of unsigned int …

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C : typedef struct name {...}; VS typedef struct{...} name;

As the title says, I have this code: typedef struct Book{ int id; char title[256]; char summary[2048]; int numberOfAuthors; struct …

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C++ - meaning of a statement combining typedef and typename

In a C++ header file, I am seeing this code: typedef typename _Mybase::value_type value_type; Now, as I …

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How to forward typedef'd struct in .h

I have Preprocessor.h #define MAX_FILES 15 struct Preprocessor { FILE fileVector[MAX_FILES]; int currentFile; }; typedef struct Preprocessor Prepro; void …

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redefinition of typedef

I am possibly doing this incorrectly and this is much a question about why it works in one compiler and …

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Is it a good idea to typedef pointers?

I looked through some code and noticed that the convention was to turn pointer types like SomeStruct* into typedef SomeStruct* …

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