Objects are null if they share a name with an export category.

[DreamsOfGrandeur]

Godot version

4.0.stable

System information

MacOS 13.2.1

Issue description

When an exported category is created with @export_category, any object that shares the same name will always be Nil. A variable with the same name will work as expected if assigned after @export_category is called, but will crash if assigned before and referenced after.

Steps to reproduce

The following code will fail because Example is Nil.

extends Node


@export_category("Example")


func _ready() -> void:
	var example_class: Example = Example.new()
	
	print_debug(example_class.foo)


class Example extends Node:
	
	var foo: String = "bar"

This seems to be reproducible with any object, including built-in objects like 'Input'. However, if the @export_category call is removed or altered so that the category name differs from the class name, then the code executes as expected. The two must match exactly, including case.

Minimal reproduction project

N\A: no project files required to reproduce.

[vnen]

Duplicate of #73843