C++ does not require this pattern.
import re, fileinput
to = re.compile(r'^typedef struct ([a-z_A-Z]+)\s*{')
tc = re.compile(r'^}(.*?)\s*([a-z_A-Z]+);$')
osn = None
for line in fileinput.input(inplace=True):
m = to.match(line)
if m:
osn = m.group(1)
print 'struct %s\n{' % osn
continue
if osn:
m = tc.match(line)
if m:
csn = m.group(2)
if osn == csn:
print '}%s;' % m.group(1)
osn = None
continue
else:
osn = None
print line,
