Weird error messages if trying to make a static get_name() function

[miv391]

Godot version

v4.2.beta3.mono.official [e8d57af]

System information

Godot v4.2.beta3.mono - Windows 10.0.19045 - Vulkan (Forward+) - dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (NVIDIA; 31.0.15.3640) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 Threads)

Issue description

foobar.gd:

class_name Foobar
extends Object

static func get_name(i: int) -> String:
	return str(i)

node_2d.gd which uses Foobar:

extends Node2D

func _ready():
	# Invalid call to function 'get_name' in base 'GDScript'. Expected 0 arguments.
	var i = Foobar.get_name(42)

	# Parser Error: Too few arguments for "get_name()" call. Expected at least 1 but received 0.
	var j = Foobar.get_name()

If I try to call Foobar's static get_name with one parameter (as it is implemented), I get an error message saying that 0 arguments are expected. But when I remove the argument, now the error message says that 1 argument is expected.

I'm guessing that get_name is a name that just cannot be used as a static function name. As a member function name it is usable.

The problem here is that the current error messages do not help to understand what is going on. If a static get_name is not allowed at all, I would expect an error message saying just that at foobar.gd where I try to implement that function.

Steps to reproduce

As above.

Minimal reproduction project

N/A

[AThousandShips]

That's because get_name is a method in GDScript, you can't name a static method the same as an existing one AFAIK

[miv391]

get_name still seems to be different than for example sqrt. This works as expected and can be used without error:

foobar.gd:

static func sqrt(f: float) -> float:
	return 0.0

node_2d.gd:

print(Foobar.sqrt(1.0))

Also, the documentation doesn't seem to include that GDScript level get_name function which makes it a bit difficult to find why your code doesn't work.

[AThousandShips]

No, get_name is a method of Resource which GDScript inherits

[miv391]

Oh yes, Resource seems to have a get_name getter. A specific error message for these situations would be nice.

[AThousandShips]

There should be one already but might be mistaken, will investigate when I have time

[dalexeev]

• Duplicate of / related to Static function "duplicate" on custom classes extending Object cause "Parser Error: Class ___ hides a global script class #75392.