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TYPEDEF SPECIFIER
The specifier typedef introduces a synonym for a specified type. The typedef dec-
larations are used to construct shorter or more convenient names for types already
defined by the language or declared by the user.
The specifier typedef stands first in the declaration:
typedef <type_definition> synonym;
The typedef keyword assigns synonym to <type_definition>. The synonym
needs to be a valid identifier.
A declaration starting with the typedef specifier does not introduce an object or a
function of a given type, but rather a new name for a given type. In other words, the
typedef declaration is identical to a “normal” declaration, but instead of objects, it
declares types. It is a common practice to name custom type identifiers with start-
ing capital letter — this is not required by the mikroC PRO for AVR.
For example:
/* Let's declare a synonym for "unsigned long int" */
typedef unsigned long int Distance;
/* Now, synonym "Distance" can be used as type identifier: */
Distance i; // declare variable i of unsigned long int
In the typedef declaration, as in any other declaration, several types can be
declared at once. For example:
typedef int *Pti, Array[10];
Here, Pti is a synonym for type “pointer to int”, and Array is a synonym for type
“array of 10 int elements”.
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