typedefing a struct

From: David Marsh <dmarsh@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:43:19 GMT

Is there any functional difference (or any other reason to prefer one over the other) between these two methods:

typedef struct mystruct {
int a;
int b;
} mystruct;

struct mystruct {
int a;
int b;
};
typedef struct mystruct mystruct;
.

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