Robert-Jan Zandvoort

@AThousandShips That's false, circular references are supported by the engine. I've been using them in my project without issue. The thing that's not supported, and what your linked issue discusses,...

The are supported by `Resource`s, so them not being supported by `tres` files is a bug.

Or to put it differently, `tres` files should support everything that `Resource` supports. There is no reason why the file format couldn't support cyclic references, it works fine in `tscn`...

> I'll say it a final time I'm trying to have a constructive discussion about this topic, not you telling me "the current state will never ever be changed". >...

> I suppose it may not hurt to be optionally able to provide a `usage_filter_flags` argument, but there needs to be more reasons to justify its existence. I would even...

> Note: this happens only when the script is associated with a scene. A standalone script does not trigger the focus switch. For me this also happens on scripts that...

> It really should open with the correct resolution and in the center of the same monitor as the script editor. It makes more sense to me for it to...

@AThousandShips sounds like this issue can be closed then, because it's by design and a proposal to change the design already exists.