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<class name= "StringName" version= "4.0" xmlns:xsi= "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation= "../class.xsd" >
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<brief_description >
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An optimized string type for unique names.
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</brief_description>
<description >
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[StringName]s are immutable strings designed for general-purpose representation of unique names (also called "string interning"). [StringName] ensures that only one instance of a given name exists (so two [StringName]s with the same value are the same object). Comparing them is much faster than with regular [String]s, because only the pointers are compared, not the whole strings.
You will usually just pass a [String] to methods expecting a [StringName] and it will be automatically converted, but you may occasionally want to construct a [StringName] ahead of time with [StringName] or the literal syntax [code]& "example"[/code].
See also [NodePath], which is a similar concept specifically designed to store pre-parsed node paths.
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</description>
<tutorials >
</tutorials>
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<constructors >
<constructor name= "StringName" >
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<return type= "StringName" />
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<description >
Constructs an empty [StringName].
</description>
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</constructor>
<constructor name= "StringName" >
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<return type= "StringName" />
<argument index= "0" name= "from" type= "StringName" />
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<description >
Constructs a [StringName] as a copy of the given [StringName].
</description>
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</constructor>
<constructor name= "StringName" >
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<return type= "StringName" />
<argument index= "0" name= "from" type= "String" />
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<description >
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Creates a new [StringName] from the given [String]. [code]StringName("example")[/code] is equivalent to [code]& "example"[/code].
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</description>
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</constructor>
</constructors>
<operators >
<operator name= "operator !=" >
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<return type= "bool" />
<argument index= "0" name= "right" type= "String" />
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<description >
</description>
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</operator>
<operator name= "operator !=" >
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<return type= "bool" />
<argument index= "0" name= "right" type= "StringName" />
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<description >
</description>
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</operator>
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<operator name= "operator <" >
<return type= "bool" />
<argument index= "0" name= "right" type= "StringName" />
<description >
</description>
</operator>
<operator name= "operator <=" >
<return type= "bool" />
<argument index= "0" name= "right" type= "StringName" />
<description >
</description>
</operator>
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<operator name= "operator ==" >
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<return type= "bool" />
<argument index= "0" name= "right" type= "String" />
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<description >
</description>
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</operator>
<operator name= "operator ==" >
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<return type= "bool" />
<argument index= "0" name= "right" type= "StringName" />
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<description >
</description>
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</operator>
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<operator name= "operator >" >
<return type= "bool" />
<argument index= "0" name= "right" type= "StringName" />
<description >
</description>
</operator>
<operator name= "operator >=" >
<return type= "bool" />
<argument index= "0" name= "right" type= "StringName" />
<description >
</description>
</operator>
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</operators>
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</class>