wohler@sri-spam.istc.sri.com (Bill Wohler) (11/18/86)
In article <2183@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> bruss@sdcsvax.UUCP (Brian Russ) writes: > If [typedefs and variables] weren't in the same name space, > you could, in addition to the above, write: > > struct foo { /* ... */ }; > > foo foo; > > Yuch! Do you really want/need this flexibility? In my opinion, >it's better the way it is now. i haven't thought of an example which would necessitate having typedefs and variables in the same name space. it is very common to have: struct foo {...}; ... struct foo foo; thinking of different names for the structure and the variable becomes difficult when we just hack and don't expand our vocabulary reading faulkner or didion. ;-) --bw