From: Paul Floyd <pjfloyd@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 05:18:52 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: configure: add check for C++ constexpr if
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configure: add check for C++ constexpr if

For old compilers like GCC 6.3 that suppoert -std=c++17 but not
constexpr if, which is a 17 feature.
---

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ee623b050..21e905fe8 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1993,6 +1993,31 @@ AC_LANG(C)
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CXX17, test x$ac_have_cxx_17 = xyes)
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([that C++ compiler supports constexpr if])
+AC_LANG(C++)
+safe_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
+CXXFLAGS=-std=c++17
+
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
+void f()
+{
+   if constexpr (true)
+      ;
+}
+])],
+[
+ac_have_constexpr_if=yes
+AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+], [
+ac_have_constexpr_if=no
+AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+			])
+CXXFLAGS=$safe_CXXFLAGS
+AC_LANG(C)
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CONSTEXPR_IF, test x$ac_have_constexpr_if = xyes)
+
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([that C++ compiler can include <thread> header file])
 AC_LANG(C++)
 safe_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS