The prevalent opinion* is that it doesn't play well with existing standards to use `_t` in your own code, although personally I find an extension which tells me

The prevalent opinion* is that it doesn't play well with existing standards to use `_t` in your own code, although personally I find an extension which tells me that it's a type to be very helpful. [0] http://stackoverflow.com/a/231807/3467349 http://stackoverflow.com/a/231807/3467349