Checking for library present (compiled/being compiled)

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I’m working on library X, a feature I would like to add depends on library Y being present; but its presence depends on application developer (user)'s choice
How can I know if library Y is being compiled ?
e.g.:

if (mgos_sys_config_get_libY_enable()) {   // if libY is enabled
    const char *sf = mgos_sys_config_get_libY_somekey();  // get somekey defined there
}

but the app developer may choose not to include rpc-gcp and those function calls are not available
Ideas:
A mechanism for providing weak stubs ?
Any preprocessor trick ?
Something on the YAML file ? Perhaps defining those config keys myself is a bit too invasive…
Parsing the config file instead ?

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If the library is included in the firmware, a macro MGOS_HAVE_LIBNAME is defined and you can use in conditional compilation.
Have a look at build/gen/vars.mk

#ifdef MGOS_HAVE_CRON
// add a cron job
#endif
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Good one!
Thanks, will check that.