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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: typedef's & cc
Message-ID: <5729@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 09:35:57 EST
Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5729
Posted: Mon Nov 12 09:35:57 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 13-Nov-84 01:32:15 EST
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Organization: Ballistic Research Lab
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> typedef int foo;
> 
> main()
> {
> 	auto int foo;
> 
> 	foo = 2;
> }
> 
> Stylistic considerations aside, why isn't foo a variable inside main,
> and a type outside?

Typedefs are not scoped.  They define synonyms for (possibly complicated)
data types.  After "typedef int foo;", "foo" is just like "int".