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In message <Pine.SV4.3.93.961021100431.20316B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>, Mich
ael Hancock writes:

>It's questionable to define a typedef just to save typing the word struct.

The reason I do it is not to save 7 chars of typing.

It's because we are talking about a self-contained type that carries
with it all the operations you can perform on it.

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