[C++] Typedefs

[Mephisto]

It's not hard to comprehend if you actually take a minute to think about what an array/pointer is...

Also, it might be helpful for you when you get into more advanced C/C++ programming which uses a heavy use of pointers and references, just keep logically in mind where the pointer is pointing to.

Also, as Raven pointed out the preprocessor has policy against whitespace.  
It has an entirely different syntax and is not part of the C/C++ language IIRC.  An example of whitespace violation would be in the use of defining macro functions:

#define theMacro(x, y) x + y
v.s.
#define theMacro (x, y) x + y

The first declaration is in fact a macro function which takes in arguments x and y and adds them together.
The second declaration is really a constant because of your whitespace violation.  Wherever theMacro is seen, it will be replaced with the string "(x, y) x + y".  This also suggests that the preprocessor essentially doesn't really care about whitespace...but you do get different results based on your whitespaces, and even parenthasis with macro functions (but just as anything in C/C++).

[MyndFyre]

The point I was making was how it worked to an extent.

As for your question, the reason there is a difference between the two, IIRC, is  because typedef did not exist in C, and only the preprocessor defines were avaliable.  

Nope.

Mephisto, learn about the features of C.  You'll find there are many that happen to be in C++.

[Maddox]

The point I was making was how it worked to an extent.

As for your question, the reason there is a difference between the two, IIRC, is  because typedef did not exist in C, and only the preprocessor defines were avaliable.  

Nope.

Mephisto, learn about the features of C.  You'll find there are many that happen to be in C++.

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