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4.5.2 : Update notes weirdness...

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by LightStriker, Jul 10, 2014.

  1. LightStriker

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    But... Unity does not serialize generic types with the exception of List<T>.

    So what array of generic?

    (Also, it's serializing, not serialising...)
     
    LightStriker, Jul 10, 2014
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  2. Foam

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    Array and List are not the same thing.
     
    Foam, Jul 10, 2014
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  3. LightStriker

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    Well, duh!

    So what means "Array of generic types" in Unity's context?

    List<T>[]? We know Unity doesn't support nested collection. We also know it support only 1 generic type; List<T>.
     
    LightStriker, Jul 10, 2014
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  4. StarManta

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    Could it be referring to the ArrayList (UnityScript's Array) class?
     
    StarManta, Jul 10, 2014
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  5. LightStriker

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    You can't put a generic in an ArrayList... Unless I missed something, Unity doesn't serialize that.
     
    LightStriker, Jul 10, 2014
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  6. Tautvydas-Zilys

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    It fixed a case like this:

    Code (csharp):
    1.  
    2. [Serializable]
    3. public class Base<T>
    4. {
    5.     public T something;
    6. }
    7.  
    8. [Serializable]
    9. public class Derived : Base<int>
    10. {
    11. }
    12.  
    13. public class Script : MonoBehaviour
    14. {
    15.     public Derived[] Items;
    16. }
    17.  
     
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  7. StarManta

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    Not <generic>, no, but everything in an ArrayList is not typed, so whoever wrote that note may have meant that by "generic". (And as I haven't used ArrayLists for about 4 years for obvious reasons, I can't speak to whether or not Unity can serialize them. Maybe now it can?)
     
    StarManta, Jul 10, 2014
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  8. LightStriker

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    How odd... I don't remember ever having issue saving list of non-generic deriving from generic. I guess it was some kind of edge-case.
     
    LightStriker, Jul 10, 2014
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  9. Tautvydas-Zilys

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    I believe the issue was only with regular arrays, not lists. I could be wrong, though.
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Jul 10, 2014
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