MakeMakefile#have_const

have_const(const, headers = nil, opt = "", &b)

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.3.0/lib/mkmf.rb, line 1344
def have_const(const, headers = nil, opt = "", &b)
  checking_for checking_message([*const].compact.join(' '), headers, opt) do
    try_const(const, headers, opt, &b)
  end
end

Returns whether or not the constant const is defined. You may optionally pass the type of const as [const, type], such as:

Example

have_const(%w[PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER pthread_mutex_t], "pthread.h")

You may also pass additional headers to check against in addition to the common header files, and additional flags to opt which are then passed along to the compiler.

If found, a macro is passed as a preprocessor constant to the compiler using the type name, in uppercase, prepended with HAVE_CONST_.

For example, if have_const('foo') returned true, then the HAVE_CONST_FOO preprocessor macro would be passed to the compiler.

See also #find_type #have_devel? #find_library #have_framework also in 4.1 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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