What differences, if any, between C++03 and C++11 can be detected at run-time?

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It is possible to write a function, which, when compiled with a C compiler will return 0, and when compiled with a C++ compiler, will return 1 (the trivial sulution with #ifdef __cplusplus is not interesting).

For example:

int isCPP()
{
    return sizeof(char) == sizeof 'c';
}

Of course, the above will work only if sizeof (char) isn't the same as sizeof (int)

Another, more portable solution is something like this:

int isCPP()
{
    typedef int T;
    {
       struct T 
       {
           int a[2];
       };
       return sizeof(T) == sizeof(struct T);
    }
}

I am not sure if the examples are 100% correct, but you get the idea. I believe there are other ways to write the same function too.

What differences, if any, between C++03 and C++11 can be detected at run-time? In other words, is it possible to write a similar function which would return a boolean value indicating whether it is compiled by a conforming C++03 compiler or a C++11 compiler?

bool isCpp11()
{ 
    //???
} 
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