Godot safe_navigate implementation

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# This can be static if you have a nice place to put it. I just have it in one spot, not static.

func safe_navigate(root: Variant, path: String) -> Variant:
  var properties = path.split(".")
  var current_value = root
  for prop in properties:
    if current_value == null:
      print_debug("Navigation stopped: '", prop, "' is null.")
      return null
    elif not is_instance_valid(current_value):
      print_debug("Navigation stopped: '", prop, "' is queued for deletion.")
      return null
    elif not prop in current_value:
      print_debug("Navigation stopped: Property '", prop, "' does not exist on object ", current_value)
      return null
    current_value = current_value.get(prop)
  return current_value