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Everything about Typedef

Keyword in programming languages

typedef is a reserved keyword in the programming languages C, C++, and Objective-C. It is used to create an additional name (alias) for another data type, but does not create a new type, except in the obscure case of a qualified typedef of an array type where the typedef qualifiers are transferred to the array element type. As such, it is often used to simplify the syntax of declaring complex data structures consisting of struct and union types, although it is also commonly used to provide specific descriptive type names for integer data types of varying sizes. Wikipedia →

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Noun A statement that declares a name for a data type.

Noun A name that has been declared by such a statement.

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  3. Type casts
  4. Usage in C++
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  6. Usage concerns

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