Too many badly named CanvasItem draw_ methods.

[setanarut]

Too many badly named CanvasItem draw_ methods in Godot 4. There is no difference between poly and multi
A polyline can be opened/closed also a multiline can be opened/closed also A polygon can be opened/closed.

• draw_multimesh()
• draw_line()
• draw_multiline()
• draw_multiline_colors()
• draw_polyline()
• draw_polyline_colors()
• draw_polygon()
• draw_colored_polygon()
• draw_primitive()

No practical difference in multi- vs. poly- prefixes. They're based on the word's Latin (multi-) or Greek (poly-) roots. The meaning difference is on the word rather than the prefixes in most cases. [*]

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Another oddity. Primitives in geometry can have more than 4 vertices. But according to the draw_primitive() method this is not possible.

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There is no difference between a multi-line and a single-line if there are only two points.

Proposal:

Reduced methods and more understandable names. Primitives such as draw_circle() and draw_rect() can remain.

• draw_polymesh()
• draw_lines() # if there are two points it's a single line (simple and elegant)
• draw_regular_polygon(... closed: bool, fill: bool) # minimum 3 corner
• draw_polygon(... closed: bool, fill: bool)

[setanarut]

Godot's terminology is really arbitrary and tedious. and unfortunately not simple and elegant

[Mickeon]

Good thing part of this has been brought up.
godotengine/godot#54161 (comment)

I suppose it would be a good idea to share some of the proposed renames in the Tracker itself, too.

[setanarut]

I copied it there, thanks.