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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: typedef laxity
Message-ID: <7614@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 6 Apr 88 15:35:53 GMT
References: <1070@maynard.BSW.COM>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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Keywords: typedef lint

In article <1070@maynard.BSW.COM> campbell@maynard.BSW.COM (Larry Campbell) writes:
>It seems to me someone should complain about this code:

Ok, if it makes you happy I'll complain about it.

>Does anyone know of a lint or compiler that will complain about it?

No, you appear to have a misperception regarding typedef.  It does not
introduce a new type, but rather just a synonym for an existing type.
This is intentional, sorry.