[3.x] Static typing without Variant?

[IPcorps]

I am aware of the benefits of static typing and I like good style. And at the same time:

func _get(property: String) -> Variant: ....

as a result: error: The identifier "Variant" isn't a valid type
This is strange, given that it is "The most important data type in Godot". When I read TypeScript and see any, I know what the function returns. When I read GDScript and don't see anything (because then it would be Variant), I think "Oops! I forgot to type here!😯" Why not add the ability to specify a Variant without an error for the code analyzer? After all, in fact, all that needs to be done is simply to remove the error when specifying it.

[mieldepoche]

This is fixed in 4.0, maybe its impossible to backport.

[Calinou]

Feel free to attempt backporting it to 3.x, but it's not a matter of simply copying some code around. The GDScript implementation in 3.x is entirely different from the one in master.