How to Check if the function exists in C/C++

Question

Certain situations in my code, i end up invoking the function only if that function is defined, or else i should not. How can i achieve this ?

like:
if (func         


        

Answer 1

use pointers to functions.

 //initialize
 typedef void (*PF)();
 std::map defined_functions;
 defined_functions["foo"]=&foo;
 defined_functions["bar"]=&bar;
 //if defined, invoke it
 if(defined_functions.find("foo") != defined_functions.end())
 {
     defined_functions["foo"]();
 }