Crash when using "Base" as member... is it a reserved word ?

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1

Hello,

I am encountering today a quite bizarre issue, and also quite specific.

When using “Base” as member name (Base being a Serializable class) within a Singleton (using the classic c# singleton implementation), Unity crashes (when saving/loading the scene).

I know “base” is a reserved word, but is “Base” as well? What am I missing ?

To reproduce:

  • create a Singleton

  • in this singleton, create a “public TestClass Base;”

  • TestClass is defined as:

    [System.Serializable]
    public class testclass
    {
    public int stuff;
    }

Notes:

  • No crash if with another member name (such as “TheBase”)
  • No crash outside of a Singleton either (although the Singleton doesn’t use any “Base”)
  • No crash if Base is defined as an int (for instance) rather than a Serializable custom class

Thanks

2

A quick google search only brought up the word “base” as a keyword.