Simpler syntax for setget

[miv391]

Problems with setget:

• Syntax for using just the getter must be quite cryptic for beginner programmers who haven't seen this kind of construct before. Even experienced programmers need to read the docs to figure out how to handle this case.
• As the code completion doesn't help, the programmer needs to remember the keyword. setget? getset?

I suggest that two separate keywords, set and get, would be used instead of setget.

Current:

var my_var = 5 setget my_var_set, my_var_get
var my_var = 5 setget my_var_set				# only the setter
var my_var = 5 setget ,my_var_get				# only the getter

Proposal:

var my_var = 5 set my_var_set get my_var_get
var my_var = 5 set my_var_set					# only the setter
var my_var = 5 get my_var_get					# only the getter

[Jayman2000]

The setget keyword has already been removed from Godot 4.

[seppoday]

Set and get was remade in Godot 4 but to be honest I don't really know if it is easier to use in G4... Maybe this can be nice place to discuss possibilities for even better implementation?

[Calinou]

GDScript's syntax and feature set for 4.0 is now frozen, so now isn't the time to discuss breaking compatibility again 🙂

[seppoday]

Totally agree. There is a lot of (other) things that should be prioritized now :)

[dalexeev]

Let's close this since the keyword setget has been replaced with properties set and get. 4.0 was released over a year ago and there seem to be no problems with the syntax, at least those that were in 3.x.