Why are typedef names in the same name space as variable names?

[Brian Russ]

In article <4220 at ut-ngp.UUCP> dlnash at ut-ngp.UUCP (Donald L. Nash) writes:
>Why are typedef names in the same name space as variable names? ... 
> ...  This means that you cannot have
>something like:
>
>	struct foo { /* ... */ };
>
>	int foo;
>
>in C++.
>

	If they weren't in the same name space, you could, in addition
to the above, write:

	struct foo { /* ... */ };

	foo foo;

	Yuch!  Do you really want/need this flexibility?  In my opinion,
it's better the way it is now.