From bc96761901ace67357ca7a75c1bd7769b40dd695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Snopek <dsnopek@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:23:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize `Object::cast_to<T>()` using `Object::is_class()`
 now that it takes a `StringName`

---
 include/godot_cpp/core/object.hpp | 28 ++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/godot_cpp/core/object.hpp b/include/godot_cpp/core/object.hpp
index fbd08f670..138274b15 100644
--- a/include/godot_cpp/core/object.hpp
+++ b/include/godot_cpp/core/object.hpp
@@ -118,28 +118,20 @@ class ObjectDB {
 
 template <typename T>
 T *Object::cast_to(Object *p_object) {
-	if (p_object == nullptr) {
-		return nullptr;
-	}
-	StringName class_name = T::get_class_static();
-	GDExtensionObjectPtr casted = ::godot::gdextension_interface::object_cast_to(p_object->_owner, ::godot::gdextension_interface::classdb_get_class_tag(class_name._native_ptr()));
-	if (casted == nullptr) {
-		return nullptr;
-	}
-	return dynamic_cast<T *>(::godot::internal::get_object_instance_binding(casted));
+#if GODOT_VERSION_MINOR >= 7
+	return p_object && p_object->is_class(T::get_class_static()) ? static_cast<T *>(p_object) : nullptr;
+#else
+	return p_object ? dynamic_cast<T *>(p_object) : nullptr;
+#endif
 }
 
 template <typename T>
 const T *Object::cast_to(const Object *p_object) {
-	if (p_object == nullptr) {
-		return nullptr;
-	}
-	StringName class_name = T::get_class_static();
-	GDExtensionObjectPtr casted = ::godot::gdextension_interface::object_cast_to(p_object->_owner, ::godot::gdextension_interface::classdb_get_class_tag(class_name._native_ptr()));
-	if (casted == nullptr) {
-		return nullptr;
-	}
-	return dynamic_cast<const T *>(::godot::internal::get_object_instance_binding(casted));
+#if GODOT_VERSION_MINOR >= 7
+	return p_object && p_object->is_class(T::get_class_static()) ? static_cast<T *>(p_object) : nullptr;
+#else
+	return p_object ? dynamic_cast<T *>(p_object) : nullptr;
+#endif
 }
 
 } // namespace godot