Is there anything like an ifdef for typedefs?

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Is there anything like an ifdef for typedefs?

Unfortunately, no. (There can't be, because types and typedefs haven't been parsed at preprocessing time.) You may have to keep sets of preprocessor macros (e.g. MY_TYPE_DEFINED) recording whether certain typedefs have been declared.

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