As I understood the comment from the context, it was to chide the typedef-er for trying to save on typing by defining frivolous and obfuscating typedefs. He app

As I understood the comment from the context, it was to chide the typedef-er for trying to save on typing by defining frivolous and obfuscating typedefs. He appears to be saying the defining a typedef to save on typing a long name is a false savings, as I understood it.