I am studying code examples from my professor in order to become better acquainted with linked data structures.
In our linked-list.c example the professor defines a type Node as follows:
typedef struct node {
int data;
struct node *next;
} Node;
What's the point of the lower case node? I was under the impression that you could just write, for example:
typedef struct {
int data;
struct node *next;
} Node;
and then use Node as its own type. Does it have something to do with the fact that if you don't include a lower case node then when the compiler is evaluating the code it will not be able to understand what is meant by "struct node *next"?
Best Answer
Take a look at this declaration:
This can be combined into a single statement (simplifying a declaration):