3 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/core/io/marshalls.cpp b/core/io/marshalls.cpp
index 9ba653e1a9..9f89f5d8c9 100644
--- a/core/io/marshalls.cpp
+++ b/core/io/marshalls.cpp
@@ -1813,3 +1813,24 @@ Error encode_variant(const Variant &p_variant, uint8_t *r_buffer, int &r_len, bo
 
 	return OK;
 }
+
+Vector<float> vector3_to_float32_array(const Vector3 *vecs, size_t count) {
+	// We always allocate a new array, and we don't memcpy.
+	// We also don't consider returning a pointer to the passed vectors when sizeof(real_t) == 4.
+	// One reason is that we could decide to put a 4th component in Vector3 for SIMD/mobile performance,
+	// which would cause trouble with these optimizations.
+	Vector<float> floats;
+	if (count == 0) {
+		return floats;
+	}
+	floats.resize(count * 3);
+	float *floats_w = floats.ptrw();
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+		const Vector3 v = vecs[i];
+		floats_w[0] = v.x;
+		floats_w[1] = v.y;
+		floats_w[2] = v.z;
+		floats_w += 3;
+	}
+	return floats;
+}
diff --git a/core/io/marshalls.h b/core/io/marshalls.h
index fef3a1c2c1..66e2571066 100644
--- a/core/io/marshalls.h
+++ b/core/io/marshalls.h
@@ -215,4 +215,6 @@ public:
 Error decode_variant(Variant &r_variant, const uint8_t *p_buffer, int p_len, int *r_len = nullptr, bool p_allow_objects = false, int p_depth = 0);
 Error encode_variant(const Variant &p_variant, uint8_t *r_buffer, int &r_len, bool p_full_objects = false, int p_depth = 0);
 
+Vector<float> vector3_to_float32_array(const Vector3 *vecs, size_t count);
+
 #endif // MARSHALLS_H
diff --git a/core/variant/variant_call.cpp b/core/variant/variant_call.cpp
index ac569941bf..57d62dac91 100644
--- a/core/variant/variant_call.cpp
+++ b/core/variant/variant_call.cpp
@@ -65,11 +65,13 @@ static _FORCE_INLINE_ void vc_method_call(R (T::*method)(P...) const, Variant *b
 
 template <class T, class... P>
 static _FORCE_INLINE_ void vc_method_call(void (T::*method)(P...), Variant *base, const Variant **p_args, int p_argcount, Variant &r_ret, const Vector<Variant> &p_defvals, Callable::CallError &r_error) {
+	VariantInternal::clear(&r_ret);
 	call_with_variant_args_dv(VariantGetInternalPtr<T>::get_ptr(base), method, p_args, p_argcount, r_error, p_defvals);
 }
 
 template <class T, class... P>
 static _FORCE_INLINE_ void vc_method_call(void (T::*method)(P...) const, Variant *base, const Variant **p_args, int p_argcount, Variant &r_ret, const Vector<Variant> &p_defvals, Callable::CallError &r_error) {
+	VariantInternal::clear(&r_ret);
 	call_with_variant_argsc_dv(VariantGetInternalPtr<T>::get_ptr(base), method, p_args, p_argcount, r_error, p_defvals);
 }