Fix Cannot access inner struct of a trait or assign struct as a type alias

[Arctis-Fireblight]

Fixes #1372

Root cause:

• The analyzer rejected all direct trait member access before checking whether the member was a nested struct type.
• Nested struct references were assigned the correct datatype but weren’t marked as constant expressions, breaking aliases for both trait and class structs.

Solution:

• Allow direct trait access only for nested structs; existing restrictions on trait functions and other members remain intact.
• Mark resolved struct member references as constant expressions.
• Added runtime coverage for direct construction, class/trait aliases, typed aliases, and trait implementation.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed GDScript access to nested structs declared through traits, including direct and aliased references.
  • Struct members referenced through class identifiers are now correctly treated as constants.
  • Nested structs declared in traits are now available to classes that use those traits.
  • Preserved validation rules that restrict access to other unsupported trait members.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for constructing nested structs through classes and traits and accessing their fields.

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Walkthrough

The GDScript analyzer now resolves struct members as constants, permits direct access to nested trait structs, and copies trait structs to using classes. A new test covers direct, aliased, and trait-implementation struct construction.

Changes

Trait nested struct access

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Struct resolution and access validation modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp	Struct members are marked constant. Trait validation permits nested struct access while retaining restrictions for other trait members. Trait structs are copied to classes that use the trait.
Nested struct access tests modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/Traits/analyzer/features/trait_struct_access.gd	The test covers direct and aliased construction of class and trait structs, including construction through FooTraitImpl.Bar and field-value assertions.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to cc9a1

Nested structs in classes and traits can now be accessed and used as constant type aliases, with coverage for direct, aliased, typed, and trait-implementation construction. No current merge-blocking risk is identified.

Suggested reviewers: mcdubhghlas, generalprotectionfault

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the fix for nested trait structs and struct type aliases. It matches the main changes.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The analyzer now permits direct access to nested trait structs, treats class and trait struct references as constant expressions, and copies trait structs to implementing classes. The added test cover…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The analyzer changes and test additions directly support the nested trait-struct and struct-alias requirements in issue #1372. No unrelated changes appear in the provided summary.

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Explanation

The analyzer now permits direct access to nested trait structs, treats class and trait struct references as constant expressions, and copies trait structs to implementing classes. The added test covers direct and aliased construction and access through FooTraitImpl.Bar, satisfying issue #1372.

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Explanation

Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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`@modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/Traits/analyzer/features/trait_struct_access.gd`:
- Around line 12-13: Add a test case in the trait struct access coverage that
instantiates or otherwise uses FooTraitImpl and accesses its Bar type, ensuring
the path declared by uses FooTrait is exercised; keep the existing test behavior
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[DaveTheEggman]

Tested the fix locally & reviewed the code, lgtm