[Discussion] Rename `_` operator

[Anixias]

should _ operator be replaced to avoid conflict with C# discard operator?

I'm inclined to agree with this sentiment. I think an appropriate renaming could be Nodes or Self.

[JRahmatiNL]

Maybe it would be better if there was an option to just generate nodes as private properties by introducing a flag like generateAsProperties

[SceneTree("main_scene.tscn", generateAsProperties: true)]
public partial class MainScene
{
    public override void _ready()
    {
        Player.Name = GetPlayerName();
    }
}

[Anixias]

I believe that could work as well. Note that feature is already present for nodes with unique names (the "%" operator) by default.

I think there should be a global config file of some kind or perhaps even custom properties in the csproj file (if that's doable) to let you set defaults like these globally for the project. Maybe a workaround could be a static class with some kind of [GodotConfig] attribute that the source generator uses the attributes of as a fallback. Not sure. I just want to avoid repetitive configuration on every class.

[Cat-Lips]

Thanks all.

1. @Anixias Definitely sounds like the preference is to replace _ with something more meaningful. I think Self, Tree, Scene, SceneTree are all good options. Maybe I'll go with SceneTree since it matches the attribute.

2. @JRahmatiNL Uniquely Named Nodes as Properties is definitely my preferred way of using SceneTree. Hopefully that meets your need too. (Also, if the tscn file has the same name and location as the C# file, you won't need to include it each time in the attribute. You can change the default to PascalCase in the editor. I could also check for a corresponding snake_case tscn in the generator, but I think PascalCase is more C#-like, plus you can then use file nesting in Visual Studio - see my personal git template for an example.)

3. @Anixias Definitely like the idea of being able to configure defaults and I think custom properties in the csproj file would be the way to do it. Thanks for that :D