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Godot is not the new Unity - The anatomy of a Godot API call (sampruden.github.io)
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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Juan Linietsky's (reduzio) response:

This article is very interesting. Just want to note that this is something we are aware of and the intention is to work it on in two fronts:

  • From the binder API, adding a struct type, to pass these results more efficiently.
  • The GDExtension side can already expose these structs to the binder API with a proper layout description, but the C# in support has not been moved to it yet (its one of the missing steps to merge both the C# and default editor).

So basically, this area of the engine is a work in progress. To do this also we had to finalize the system to provide compatibility functions to older builds of Godot libraries and extensions as a prerequisite and this was completed in 4.1. Fortunately there is not a lot of the API exposed this way, the majority uses more efficient interfaces. This is more part of the legacy code that is being modernized. None of this is particularly complex to do, but the demand has not been high enough so other things are prioritized. I am hoping your article motivates some contributors to do it :)

Give us a bit of time. Everything is kind of a mess because of the suddendly increased interest of several users and companies on the C# side. This work has to be properly organized but the general idea is that funding will be used to make sure all works as smooth as possible.

From https://old.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/16lti15/godot_is_not_the_new_unity_the_anatomy_of_a_godot/k16982q/