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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion tutorials/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_styleguide.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1050,7 +1050,10 @@ that type will be used to infer the type of the var.
@onready var health_bar := get_node("UI/LifeBar") as ProgressBar
# health_bar will be typed as ProgressBar

This option is also considered more :ref:`type-safe<doc_gdscript_static_typing_safe_lines>` than the first.

.. note::

This option is considered more :ref:`type-safe<doc_gdscript_static_typing_safe_lines>` than type hints, but also less null-safe as it silently casts the variable to null in case of a type mismatch at runtime, without an error/warning.

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