Re: typedef not strong

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From: Michael Cook
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 21:46

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>>>>> "RP" == Robert Payne <rpayne@rainbow.rmii.com> writes:

 RP> Why has C++ stayed with the weak typedef?  It has always seemed to
 RP> me that it should provide a new type and not just a synomym.

C++ /has/ a mechanism for creating new types: `class'.
`typedef' is just a fancy `#define'--and I think it's clear from K&R that
that's all it was intended to be.

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