>- Chapter 5: Functions
>+ Chapter 5: Typedefs
>+
>+Please don't use things like "vps_t".
>+It's a _mistake_ to use typedef for structures and pointers. When you see a
>+ vps_t a;
>+in the source, what does it mean?
>+In contrast, if it says
>+ struct virtual_container *a;
>+you can actually tell what "a" is.
>+
>+Lots of people think that typedefs "help readability". Not so. They are
>+useful only for:
[...]
What about task_t vs struct task_struct? Both are used in the kernel.
Jan Engelhardt
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