why is typedef considered as a storage class ?

[radha gogia]

I am unable to get the reason behind considering typedef as a storage class since typedef is used to define a new data type , then how come is it considered as a storage class ?

[weaknessforcats]

A storage class is specified by syntax:

static int xyz;
 

Here it says xyz is an int.

A typedef looks like:

typedef int xyz;
 

Here is says that xyz is an int.

So the typedef is in the same syntactic position as a storage class even though it is not a storage class.

There are other things like this scattered about in C/C+.