Question on ANSI-C "typedefs"

[Steven Magnani]

Hello, net -- it's been awhile, but I'm back.

A question.

Is it legal in ANSI-C to make the following statement:

	typedef char FOO_TYPE[size_of_foo];

If so, what is the resulting type of the declaration

	FOO_TYPE thing[size_of_thing];

...and the function

	FOO_TYPE *some_func(void);

I am somewhat confused -- my reading of the K&R draft-'C' standard is
that a typedef construction such as above is illegal. However, the book
"Programming in 'C'" by Kochan gives an example of such a declaration.

We are having problems with our Microsoft-'C' compiler (V5.0) gagging on
statements related to these, so any help is much appreciated!

adTHANKSvance,
   Steve
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