Problem referencing structure elements by pointer

**tabstop** · 06-13-2008

If the typedef is visible, that's fine -- you just need to call it "configurationOptions" (since that's the name you gave it in the typedef) instead of "struct configurationsOptions".

Edit to add: At this point, I would say, if you have most of your code referring to "struct configurationOptions" to not typedef it but make it a named struct; if it's just a few mentions, go ahead and change those mentions. There's no advantage either way (typedef vs. named struct), so do whatever causes the least amount of typing at this point.

**Elysia** · 06-13-2008

Anonymous means it simply doesn't have a name - nothing more.
Again, remove the "struct" keyword because there is no struct named configurationsOptions. There is only something named configurationsOptions.
As long as you have a full declaration of the struct, you can do a sizeof on it.

**trillianjedi** · 06-13-2008

Many thanks - all clear now and code working

**zacs7** · 06-13-2008

I wouldn't recommend typedef'ing it the same as the struct name,

I tend to do, along with a lot of other people

Code:

typedef struct name_s
{

} name_t;

That way you know, name_t is a type, and name_s is a struct.

**dwks** · 06-13-2008

Note that there's nothing actually wrong with using the same name for the structure as you do for the typedef, it's just rather confusing.

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