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jfb on Aug 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: GCC switches from C to C++

It's the fundamental unfixable crappiness of C declaration syntax that makes 'typedef' necessary.

akldfgj on Aug 16, 2012 [–]

Example? What language doesn't need typedefs?

Java doesn't have typedefs, and most everyone agrees that's a language bug.

jfb on Aug 16, 2012 | [–]

typedef as type aliasing: uncontroversial. typedef to paper over hideous syntax mistakes: disgusting.

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