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

[John Myers]

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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?...

If they weren't, then what would the output of the following program be?

#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
    typedef car foo;
    long foo;
    
    printf("%d\n",sizeof(foo));
}