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I think both the first and second refer (mostly) to the same thing.

struct foo{
    int x;
};
typedef struct foo foo;

This lets you say

foo newvar;

instead of

struct foo newvar;

I think in the second case there is no declaring struct foo something because the struct itself was anonymous. But not totally sure; feel free to play around in godbolt

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Just to clarify both methods allow this declaration
foo newvar;
However, if working with linked lists, only the first option works (which sort of makes sense as otherwise next is not defined):
typedef struct foo{ int x; foo *next; } foo;

I think I don't really understand the concept of namespace ('foo' before the brackets, to my understanding) when there is a typespace ('foo' after brackets) defined? Are there any implications if the struct is anonymous?

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Ahh I see what you mean. Yes you do need a forward declaration

typedef struct foo foo;
struct foo{
    int x;
    foo *ptrtofoo;
};

I think that should work.

(Otherwise, just declare void * ptrtofoo; and then recast to struct foo * as and when necessary)

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Here's the relevant StackOverflow page

Is this okay to close?

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@annehutter I think this issue is resolved; I am closing for now -- please feel free to re-open.

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