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In article <2qdtw7j025n@khantazi.welly.gen.nz> banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
>   Okay here is a little wee problem I am hoping some C type can answer for
>me. Quickly please, before I take to this compiler with a blunt
>instrument... :)

Not too difficult to explain.

I shall give a different example:

typedef struct fred {
	int an_int ;
	struct fred * next ;
	struct fred * prev ;
} fred ;

That is a declaration of two things: a struct called fred, which may be used
as:
	struct fred a_fred_variable ;
and a new type called fred, which may be used as:
	fred another_fred_variable ;

You would normally name the struct slightly differently in order to be able
to spot the difference easier.

Hope that helps.

I prefer assembler anyway ;-)
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