struct/pointer warning

[ch4]

Something quick.
This is my struct

typedef struct _Node
{
 int ID;
 char *Name;
 int ParentID;
 int Date_of_birth;
 char *Place_of_birth;
 int SpounceID;
 int k;
 int *ChildrenID;
 
 int Generation;
 struct Node *next_family;
 struct Node *parent;
 struct Node *spounce;
 struct Node *children;
}Node;

Check out Node pointers. I get warnings where i use for example this temp= temp->next_family; in my code in order to move to the next node.
I've replaced it with temp=(Node *)temp->next_family; and warnings stoped but is it ok to do that or there is another way (more safe) to avoid those warnings ?

Thanks in advance

[tabstop]

You don't have struct Node defined anywhere. You do have a struct _Node.

[ch4]

Thanks tabstop
I use this and i've got no warnings

typedef struct _Node Node;

struct _Node
{
 int ID;
 char *Name;
 int ParentID;
 int Date_of_birth;
 char *Place_of_birth;
 int SpounceID;
 int k;
 int *ChildrenID;
 
 int Generation;
 Node *next_family;
 Node *parent;
 Node *spounce;
 Node *children;
};

But what is the difference from the above ?
So far i thought nothing changes and that was a different way to write.

[tabstop]

You can't use a typedef name until after you've defined it. In your original, the name "Node" (NOTE NOT "struct Node") was not available to use until you got to the semicolon after the word Node. And of course Node is not the same as struct Node (you can never get "struct Node" out of a typedef).

[ch4]

Thanks a lot.