# 4.0+ replacement for `setget`: var _backing: int = 0 var property: get: return _backing + 1000 set(value): _backing = value - 1000 func test(): print("Not using self:") print(property) print(_backing) property = 5000 print(property) print(_backing) _backing = -50 print(property) print(_backing) property = 5000 print(property) print(_backing) # In Godot 4.0 and later, using `self` no longer makes a difference for # getter/setter execution in GDScript. print("Using self:") print(self.property) print(self._backing) self.property = 5000 print(self.property) print(self._backing) self._backing = -50 print(self.property) print(self._backing) self.property = 5000 print(self.property) print(self._backing)