What's Changed

• [MSVC] Force UTF-8 encoding. by @bruvzg in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1175
• Import env if possible by @adamscott in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1170
• Add lower-case "*.cache" in ".gitignore" by @adamscott in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1172
• In generated methods, only allocate the method StringName the first time by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1176
• Attempt to fully implement CharString by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1150
• Add support for indexed properties by @mihe in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1186
• Don't call parent _get_property_list when a class doesn't define it (for internal binding). by @Zylann in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1184
• Don't cache null forever if a singleton isn't available yet by @Zylann in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1181
• Add platform macros by @adamscott in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1188
• [SCons] Add option to generate a compilation database. by @Faless in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1189
• [SCons] Merge OSXCross tools into platform ones by @Faless in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1191
• Implement String::resize() in godot-cpp by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1166
• Statically link mingw/msvc runtime libraries on Windows by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1203
• Added generated version header by @Zylann in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1193
• Add automated tests to verify some previous fixes by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1209
• Fix Clang deprecated builtins by @adamscott in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1211
• Fix forgotten not operator by @adamscott in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1215
• SCons: Sync targets.py fully with upstream Godot by @akien-mga in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1204
• Add remaining component-wise min/max functions to Vector* by @AThousandShips in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1197
• Fix link to test project in readme by @AThousandShips in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1218
• Clarify versions and examples in the README by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1221
• Add support for placeholder_script_instance_create/update by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1225
• [SCons] Move the GodotCPP build to its own tool. by @Faless in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1190
• Fix Object::notification order (cpp-bindings) by @Sauermann in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1151
• Fix formatting of compatibility_minimum examples by @AThousandShips in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1226
• Implement vararg methods of builtin classes. by @Daylily-Zeleen in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1091
• GDExtension: fix bool unknown in C by @Bromeon in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1228
• Ensure const correctness for wrappers by @AThousandShips in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1233
• Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1231
• Ensure that PtrToArg specializations for native structs are used by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1214
• [SCons] Fixed crashes in several scripts by @DmitriySalnikov in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1237
• Check that GDExtension is opened by compatible Godot version by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1208
• Implement register unexposed classes by @Daylily-Zeleen in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/970
• Support _validate_property() by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1239
• Load 'print_error_with_message' function by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1243
• Add static methods to ClassDB for the methods bound to the ClassDB singleton by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1164
• Replace ERR_FAIL_COND with ERR_FAIL_NULL where applicable by @AThousandShips in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1242
• Fix allocation size overflow check in CowData by @AThousandShips in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1245
• Update for addition of get_virtual_call_data_func and call_virtual_func to GDExtensionClassCreationInfo2 by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1246
• Add support to import custom variables from parent SConstruct (redux) by @adamscott in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1220
• Handle missing instance binding callbacks by finding the closest parent by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1165
• Fix variant call compiler error (alternate) by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1238
• Implement callable_mp() and callable_mp_static() by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1155
• Changes necessary for hot reload to work by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1200
• CI: Fix MinGW install error by pinning to earlier version by @akien-mga in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1259
• Javascript Web WASM Fix by @nicholas-maltbie in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1247
• Update for get_class_category added to GDExtensionScriptInstanceInfo2 by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1257
• Fixes crash in ClassDB::deinitialize due to usage of invalid iterator. by @Klaim in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1260
• Miscellaneous updates to gdextension_interface.h by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1264
• Declare explicit specializations for CharStringT by @mihe in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1265
• Use the new string_name_new_with_latin1_chars function to improve StringName construction performance by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1263
• [SCons] Rename javascript tool to web by @Faless in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1270
• Automatically register only engine classes whose header has been included by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1266
• Let gdextension_dir function as standalone argument by @Repiteo in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1258
• clang: Add CallableCustomMethodPointerBase virtual destructor by @capnm in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1275
• Refactor compiledb implementation by @adamscott in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1230
• Fix return value and r_valid value in Variant::iter_init and Variant::iter_next by @gilzoide in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1253
• SCons: Disable C++ exception handling by default by @akien-mga in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1216
• Add test for Callable.bind() by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1278
• Add protections against registering classes that didn't use GDCLASS() by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1279
• Add an automated test using a Variant iterator by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1277
• Switch to using ObjectID in custom callables by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1286
• Update the environment variables used to access the Android NDK toolchain by @m4gr3d in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1291
• Hack adding --quit-after 100 to ensure extension_list.cfg gets generated by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1299
• GDCLASS synced by ending with "private:" by @Repiteo in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1292
• Fix is_msvc and use_hot_reload variables by @Repiteo in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1303
• ignoring venv in .gitignore by @brno32 in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1301
• [iOS] Fix building as static library or xcframework, add iOS config and xcframework build script to the test project. by @bruvzg in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1302
• Revert "Hack adding --quit-after 100 to ensure extension_list.cfg gets generated" by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1304
• CI: Workaround upstream issue with .NET editor build not exiting by @akien-mga in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1308
• Add missing int→Variant conversions by @Repiteo in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1298
• Add CallableCustom that devs can use in their GDExtensions by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1280
• Fix comparison of Callables from callable_mp() of the same method by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1294
• CI: Install Android NDK r23c explicitly by @akien-mga in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1314
• [iOS] Bump default version to 12 to match engine. by @bruvzg in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1315
• Bump mymindstorm/setup-emsdk from 12 to 13 by @dependabot in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1317
• [Scons] Set the minimum Android API level to 21 by @DmitriySalnikov in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1318
• [iOS] Fix initialisation/termination of multiple statically linked extensions. by @bruvzg in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1316
• Make CMake only include debug symbols when appropriate by @bytzo in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1288
• Fix file list issues when trying to build with meson via cmake by @LAK132 in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1307
• [Scons] Added the ability to change the visibility of symbols by @DmitriySalnikov in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1313
• Change bit field enums to use uint64_t as underlying type by @mihe in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1320
• Send NOTIFICATION_POSTINITIALIZE to extension classes by @dsnopek in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1321

New Contributors

• @adamscott made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1170
• @AThousandShips made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1197
• @Sauermann made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1151
• @nicholas-maltbie made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1247
• @Klaim made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1260
• @Repiteo made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1258
• @capnm made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1275
• @gilzoide made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1253
• @brno32 made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1301
• @bytzo made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1288
• @LAK132 made their first contribution in https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/pull/1307

Full Changelog: https://github.com/godotengine/godot-cpp/compare/godot-4.1-stable...godot-4.2-stable