Which allows editable data associated with a particular class instead of
the instance. Scripts with static variables are kept in memory
indefinitely unless the `@static_unload` annotation is used or the
`static_unload()` method is called on the GDScript.
If the custom function `_static_init()` exists it will be called when
the class is loaded, after the static variables are set.
Removes documentation generation (docgen) from the GDScript compiler to
its own file. Adds support for GDScript enums and signal parameters and
quite a few other assorted fixes and improvements.
Set all the default values for typed variables before actually trying to
initialize them, including `@onready` ones.
This ensures that if validated calls are being used there will be a
value of the correct type, even if the resolution is done out of order
or deferred because of `@onready`.
Sometimes the inheritance tree is compiled out of order and the base
don't have yet a native type set. This is now changed to not rely on the
base script but use the native type set in the datatype, which is
already resolved by the analyzer.
This turns two bytecode operations into one by using the assignment
destination directly as the output of the binary operator. This manifests
in operations like `+=`.
When instructions use function pointers, it's not possible to retrieve
their original names in the disassembly. This stores the names in
vectors (in debug builds) so they can be shown.
The keyword is confusing and rarely is used in the intended way. It is
removed now in favor of a future feature (pattern guards) to avoid
breaking compatibility later.
As many open source projects have started doing it, we're removing the
current year from the copyright notice, so that we don't need to bump
it every year.
It seems like only the first year of publication is technically
relevant for copyright notices, and even that seems to be something
that many companies stopped listing altogether (in a version controlled
codebase, the commits are a much better source of date of publication
than a hardcoded copyright statement).
We also now list Godot Engine contributors first as we're collectively
the current maintainers of the project, and we clarify that the
"exclusive" copyright of the co-founders covers the timespan before
opensourcing (their further contributions are included as part of Godot
Engine contributors).
Also fixed "cf." Frenchism - it's meant as "refer to / see".
