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diff --git a/doc/classes/Variant.xml b/doc/classes/Variant.xml index 17d920b01e..373ac04955 100644 --- a/doc/classes/Variant.xml +++ b/doc/classes/Variant.xml @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ [/codeblocks] Redot tracks all scripting API variables within Variants. Without even realizing it, you use Variants all the time. When a particular language enforces its own rules for keeping data typed, then that language is applying its own custom logic over the base Variant scripting API. - GDScript automatically wrap values in them. It keeps all data in plain Variants by default and then optionally enforces custom static typing rules on variable types. - - C# is statically typed, but uses its own implementation of the Variant type in place of Godot's [Variant] class when it needs to represent a dynamic value. C# Variant can be assigned any compatible type implicitly but converting requires an explicit cast. + - C# is statically typed, but uses its own implementation of the Variant type in place of Redot's [Variant] class when it needs to represent a dynamic value. C# Variant can be assigned any compatible type implicitly but converting requires an explicit cast. The global [method @GlobalScope.typeof] function returns the enumerated value of the Variant type stored in the current variable (see [enum Variant.Type]). [codeblocks] [gdscript] @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ [/csharp] [/codeblocks] A Variant takes up only 20 bytes and can store almost any engine datatype inside of it. Variants are rarely used to hold information for long periods of time. Instead, they are used mainly for communication, editing, serialization and moving data around. - Redot has specifically invested in making its Variant class as flexible as possible; so much so that it is used for a multitude of operations to facilitate communication between all of Godot's systems. + Redot has specifically invested in making its Variant class as flexible as possible; so much so that it is used for a multitude of operations to facilitate communication between all of Redot's systems. A Variant: - Can store almost any datatype. - Can perform operations between many variants. GDScript uses Variant as its atomic/native datatype. |