if( object == null ) skips code when object is null?

Unity Engine
1

OK, I have no idea what’s going on here. Here’s the code:

        if( s_Instance == null )
        {
            string assetPathAndName = GeneratePath();

            // Check the asset database for an existing instance of the asset
            T asset = null;
            asset = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath( assetPathAndName, typeof( ScriptableObject ) ) as T;

            // If the asset doesn't exist, create it
            if( asset == null )
            {
                asset = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<T>();
                AssetDatabase.CreateAsset( asset, assetPathAndName );
                AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();
            }

            s_Instance = asset;
        }

Basically, this is part of a generic Singleton class that’s supposed to store a single instance of a class as an asset in Unity. The problem is, whenever I restart Unity the if( s_Instance == null ) part fails, even though s_Instance is null when I step through this!

This class derives from ScriptableObject like so:

public class SingletonScriptableObject<T> : ScriptableObject where T : ScriptableObject
{
    private static T s_Instance = null;
...

Soooo, what the hell?

-D

2

Turns out this was giving me the wrong line number due to inconsistent line endings, problem solved!