Error unknown type name 'constexpr' during make in mac os x

Question

when i make some program in using scons, there happen error like,

error: unknown type name 'constexpr'

error: expected unqualified-id

I'm already installed xcode and xquartz latest version. this is my mac clang version

Apple LLVM version 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.42) Target: x86_64-apple-darwin16.6.0 Thread model: posix InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin

And, i attached my whole error log just in case.

/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:54:10: error: unknown type name 'constexpr'
static constexpr double     pi  = 3.1415;
       ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:54:20: error: expected unqualified-id
static constexpr double     pi  = 3.1415;
                 ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:55:10: error: unknown type name 'constexpr'
static constexpr double  twopi  = 2*pi;
       ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:55:20: error: expected unqualified-id
static constexpr double  twopi  = 2*pi;
                 ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:56:10: error: unknown type name 'constexpr'
static constexpr double halfpi  = pi/2;
       ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:56:20: error: expected unqualified-id
static constexpr double halfpi  = pi/2;
                 ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:57:10: error: unknown type name 'constexpr'
static constexpr double     pi2 = pi*pi;
       ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:57:20: error: expected unqualified-id
static constexpr double     pi2 = pi*pi;
                 ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:62:10: error: unknown type name 'constexpr'
static constexpr double millimeter  = 1.;
       ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:62:20: error: expected unqualified-id
static constexpr double millimeter  = 1.;
                 ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:63:10: error: unknown type name 'constexpr'
static constexpr double millimeter2 = millimeter*millimeter;
       ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:63:20: error: expected unqualified-id
static constexpr double millimeter2 = millimeter*millimeter;
                 ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:64:10: error: unknown type name 'constexpr'
static constexpr double millimeter3 = millimeter*millimeter*millimeter;
       ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:64:20: error: expected unqualified-id
static constexpr double millimeter3 = millimeter*millimeter*millimeter;
                 ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:66:10: error: unknown type name 'constexpr'
static constexpr double centimeter  = 10.*millimeter;
       ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:66:20: error: expected unqualified-id
static constexpr double centimeter  = 10.*millimeter;
                 ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:67:10: error: unknown type name 'constexpr'
static constexpr double centimeter2 = centimeter*centimeter;
       ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:67:20: error: expected unqualified-id
static constexpr double centimeter2 = centimeter*centimeter;
                 ^
/Users/jeon.hk/Documents/geant4/geant4.10.3-install/bin/../include/Geant4/CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h:68:10: error: unknown type name 'constexpr'
static constexpr double centimeter3 = centimeter*centimeter*centimeter;
       ^
fatal error: too many errors emitted, stopping now [-ferror-limit=]
20 errors generated.
scons: *** [build/macosx64/rat.o] Error 1 
scons: building terminated because of errors.

I'm really thanks for any comment.

Answer 1

Correct answer to this problem is to compile with c++11 support enabled ( for clang -std=c++11 ) in order to have the constexpr keyword recognized.