Re: about struct in_addr

[Hannes Gredler <hannes () juniper net>]

what is the point ? - the storage space is the same ...

Lan Qing wrote:
> 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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