What is the difference when defining structs with typedef?

Question

Option 1:

typedef struct s{
                 int x;
                 double y;
                 char z;
                 }mystruct;

Option 2:

typedef struct {
                int x;
                double y;
                char z;
                }mystruct;

What's the difference between these 2 options?

Does [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1675351/typedef-struct-vs-struct-definitions) post help? — costaparas, Dec 23 '20 at 10:03
@costaparas I couldn't find the answer for the specific nuance I was asking for but I found another useful information — Albert Leibnitz, Dec 23 '20 at 10:12
Option 2 defines mystruct as an anonymous struct. Option 1 defines mystruct as a `struct s`. — William Pursell, Dec 23 '20 at 10:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '20 at 10:04

1

With option 1 you can declare a variable like this:

struct s foo;

or

mystruct foo;

With option 2 the only possibility is:

mystruct foo;

answered Dec 23 '20 at 10:04

Jabberwocky

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