#include <iostream>

template <typename T>
struct has_typedef_foobar {
    // Types "yes" and "no" are guaranteed to have different sizes,
    // specifically sizeof(yes) == 1 and sizeof(no) == 2.
    typedef char yes[1];
    typedef char no[2];

    template <typename C>
    static yes& test(typename C::foobar*);

    template <typename>
    static no& test(...);

    // If the "sizeof" of the result of calling test<T>(nullptr) is equal to sizeof(yes),
    // the first overload worked and T has a nested type named foobar.
    static const bool value = sizeof(test<T>(nullptr)) == sizeof(yes);
};

struct foo {    
    typedef float foobar;
};

int main() {
    std::cout << std::boolalpha;
    std::cout << has_typedef_foobar<int>::value << std::endl;   // Prints false
    std::cout << has_typedef_foobar<foo>::value << std::endl;   // Prints true
}