Use of typedefs with struct and enum in C/C++

typedef.c

// 1a) Struct declaration and instantiation w/o typedef
struct veg_t{
    int cost;
    char c;
};
struct veg_t potato;
 
// 1b) or its equivalent with declaration and instantiation combined…
struct veg_t{
    int cost;
    char c;
} potato;
 

// 2a) To avoid having to type the keyword ‘struct’ before every instantiation, typedefs were commonly used as:-
typedef struct fruit_t{
    int cost;
    char c;
} fruit_st;
fruit_st apple;

// 2b) This is equivalent to
struct fruit_t{
    int cost;
    char c;
};
typedef struct fruit_t fruit_st;
fruit_st apple;

// 2c) And can also be written as
typedef struct{
    int cost;
    char c;
} fruit_t;
fruit_t apple;

/*
Thus, in 1b. the word between } and ; (potato) is the name of the object
while in 2a., it represents the datatype.
 
In C++, appending the keyword struct is not necessary while instantiating variables thus making the use of typedef redundant.
All of the above also applies to ‘enum’
*/