0.8.0

[gilzoide]

Added

• LuaState GC-related methods: collect_garbage, step_gc, stop_gc, restart_gc, is_gc_running, get_memory_used, change_gc_mode_incremental, change_gc_mode_generational, supports_gc_mode
• Support for to-be-closed Variant variables in Lua 5.4+ (not supported in LuaJIT).
  Example:

  do
    local file<close> = FileAccess:open(...)
    -- `file` is automatically freed at the end of the scope,
    -- closing the opened file without waiting for garbage collection
  end

Fixed

• LuaScripts have their _init method called when instantiated from scene
• Calls to Variant.duplicate now correctly trigger methods in objects that support it, fixing calls to Node.duplicate and Resource.duplicate for example
• Node metadata set in the inspector is now correctly set as metadata instead of regular raw data
• Force a full garbage collection on LuaScriptLanguage's state to make sure all Variants are collected, releasing cyclic references from LuaScriptInstance/LuaScript to the LuaState itself.
• Make sure owner Objects inherit from the class extended by Lua scripts.
  E.g.: attaching a Lua script that extends RefCounted to Node objects now gives an error
• Support for loading LuaScripts using valid uid:// paths in builds

Changed

• Godot 4.5 is now the minimum version necessary to use this addon
• Updated godot-cpp to 10.0.0-rc1 using api_version=4.6
• LuaScriptInstance's owner object is passed as self to methods instead of the data table.
• LuaScriptInstance now uses a Dictionary for storing data instead of a Lua table.

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This discussion was created from the release 0.8.0.