Re: same name for types and variables

Oncaphillis wrote:

[does not work:]
> typedef int bar;
> 
> struct foo {
>    bar bar;
> };
> 1. Is this behavior part of the standard or a defect

I think this is standard behavior. There is a rule for class-scope
declarations in 3.3.6 which basically says, that a declaration is only
valid, if it yields the same declaration after seeing all of the class.
This prohibits redefining a symbol after using it.

> 
> 2. Is there a more elegant (may be even ****table) way
>     to compile these C-headers without having to change
>     them.

Not really. It might be a bit more elegant not to duplicate everything
in the headers, but just to wrap all occurrences of a typename in a
macro:
#ifdef __cplusplus__
#define TYPESYM(X) X##_t 
#else 
#define TYPESYM(X) 
#endif

typedef int TYPESYM(bar);
struct TYPESYM(foo) {
TYPESYM(bar) bar; 
};



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