MSVC needs explicit overloads and explicit =default operators on sol::function. It's quite whacky, really. Anyway, it compiles, so let's just make sure this works for GCC too.

sol/function.hpp

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public:
     function(lua_State* L, int index = -1): reference(L, index) {
         type_assert(L, index, type::function);
     }
+    function(const function&) = default;
+    function& operator=(const function&) = default;
 
     template<typename... Ret, typename... Args>
     auto call(Args&&... args) -> decltype(invoke(types<Ret...>(), sizeof...(Args))) {

sol/table.hpp

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "stack.hpp"
 #include "lua_function.hpp"
+#include "function.hpp"
 #include <array>
 #include <cstring>
 
@@ -90,6 +91,37 @@ public:
         push();
         return lua_rawlen(state(), -1);
     }
+
+    template<typename T>
+    struct proxy {
+    private:
+	    table& t;
+	    T& key;
+    public:
+	    proxy(table& t, T& key) : t(t), key(key) {}
+
+	    template<typename U>
+	    void operator=(U&& other) {
+		    typedef Function<Unqualified<U>> isfunction;
+		    assign(std::forward<U>(other), isfunction());
+	    }
+
+	    template<typename U>
+	    operator U() const {
+		    return t.get<U>(key);
+	    }
+
+    private:
+	    template<typename U>
+	    void assign(U&& other, std::true_type) {
+		    t.set_function(key, std::forward<U>(other));
+	    }
+
+	    template<typename U>
+	    void assign(U&& other, std::false_type) {
+		    t.set(key, std::forward<U>(other));
+	    }
+    };
 private:
     template<typename T, typename TFx>
     table& set_isfunction_fx(std::true_type, T&& key, TFx&& fx) {
@@ -207,30 +239,6 @@ private:
         lua_pop(state(), 1);
         return *this;
     }
-
-    template<typename T>
-    struct proxy {
-    private:
-        table& t;
-        T& key;
-    public:
-        proxy(table& t, T& key): t(t), key(key) {}
-
-        template<typename U>
-        DisableIf<Function<Unqualified<U>>> operator=(U&& other) {
-            t.set(key, std::forward<U>(other));
-        }
-
-        template<typename U>
-        EnableIf<Function<Unqualified<U>>> operator=(U&& other) {
-            t.set_function(key, std::forward<U>(other));
-        }
-
-        template<typename U>
-        operator U() const {
-            return t.get<U>(key);
-        }
-    };
 };
 } // sol
 

sol/traits.hpp

@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ using Decay = typename std::decay<T>::type;
 namespace detail {
 // code borrowed from Gears 
 // https://github.com/Rapptz/Gears/
-template<typename T, typename = void>
+template<typename T, bool isclass = std::is_class<Unqualified<T>>::value>
 struct is_function_impl : std::is_function<typename std::remove_pointer<T>::type> {};
 
 template<typename T>
-struct is_function_impl<T, EnableIf<std::is_class<Unqualified<T>>>> {
+struct is_function_impl<T, true> {
     using yes = char;
     using no = struct { char s[2]; };
 

tests.cpp

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ TEST_CASE("tables/functions_variables", "Check if tables and function calls work
             std::cout << "stateless lambda()" << std::endl;
             return "test";
         }
-    );
+   );
     REQUIRE_NOTHROW(run_script(lua));
 
     lua.get<sol::table>("os").set_function("fun", &free_function);
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ TEST_CASE("tables/functions_variables", "Check if tables and function calls work
         std::cout << "stateless lambda()" << std::endl;
         return "test";
     }
-    );
+   );
     REQUIRE_NOTHROW(run_script(lua));
 
     // r-value, cannot optomize