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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
index 5250115608..ab4edb04b9 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
@@ -2279,10 +2279,12 @@ void GDScriptAnalyzer::reduce_identifier(GDScriptParser::IdentifierNode *p_ident
StringName name = p_identifier->name;
p_identifier->source = GDScriptParser::IdentifierNode::UNDEFINED_SOURCE;
- // Check globals.
- if (GDScriptParser::get_builtin_type(name) < Variant::VARIANT_MAX) {
+ // Check globals. We make an exception for Variant::OBJECT because it's the base class for
+ // non-builtin types so we allow doing e.g. Object.new()
+ Variant::Type builtin_type = GDScriptParser::get_builtin_type(name);
+ if (builtin_type != Variant::OBJECT && builtin_type < Variant::VARIANT_MAX) {
if (can_be_builtin) {
- p_identifier->set_datatype(make_builtin_meta_type(GDScriptParser::get_builtin_type(name)));
+ p_identifier->set_datatype(make_builtin_meta_type(builtin_type));
return;
} else {
push_error(R"(Builtin type cannot be used as a name on its own.)", p_identifier);