Is it posible to check if a struct was defined before (in a header file) during preprocessor?

Question

I want to check if a certain structure was defined in a header file I included and define it if it is not. The header might, or might not be included in the source file and that is (obviously) known at compile time.

Essentially I want something similar to the ifndef guards used in header files and I know that I could use a check if the header file where the struct is defined is included by checking it's guard, but I am wandering if I could check for the struct itself.

Answer 1

No. The preprocessor doesn't parse the C language itself, it knows nothing of the declared types.