about struct in_addr

["Lan Qing" <efiish () gmail com>]

hello,
I read the fllowing words in the c header file <netinet/in.h>
"
/* Internet address.  */
typedef uint32_t in_addr_t;
struct in_addr
 {
   in_addr_t s_addr;
 };"
the struct in_addr have only one variable in it, is there any necessary to
define a struct like that?
why not use "typedef in_addr_t in_addr;" directly?

thank you!
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