Script can use namespace or optional parameters, but not both

Unity Engine
1

I’ve used optional parameters some of my methods, eg.

class Mooh : MonoBehavior {
  void Update() {
    doSomething();
  }
  private void doSomething(int times = 1) {
    // ...
  }
}

This has never posed a problem until I noticed that contrary to what (http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/index.Writing_Scripts_in_Csharp_26_Boo.html) says, namespaces for MonoBehavior-derived scripts seem to be supported by Unity 4.0 and even produce tidy nested menu levels in the component selector:

Now what confuses me is that I cannot use both at the same time. I mean, if a MonoBehavior script has a method with an optional parameter, no problem. If a MonoBehavior script is in a namespace, no problem as well. But if a MonBehavior script is in a namespace AND has a method with an optional parameter, it breaks (the console message falsely claims the name of the class wouldn’t match the file).

2

I to am experiencing this problem, and I’m finding it quite frustrating!!! Thought I was alone until I came across this thread.

Any idea about a fix Unity?

3

Heya,

I’ve encountered the same thing.

To get it working - do not use optional parameters in the Update method. They screw up big time. Encapsulate them in a class and it should work fine.

4

Not true, any method that uses default arguments in the method signature, even those not overridden/etc from MonoBehaviour will still cause issues and produce either error, depending on how the script is attached:

  • If the script is already attached and you change the method signature, or add through add components
    “The associated script can not be loaded. Please fix any compile errors and assign a valid script”

  • If the script is dragged onto the object to add
    Name script mismatch

This should either be a documented problem to avoid or a fix, because I spent two hours on this.

5

It appears this is still an issue. It is not limited to the Update method, but any method signature.

6

Confirmed.

7

I tell you what…you should not REALLY use optional parameters in c#. They have been introduced only to be compatible with CLI languages and they do not belong to the c# syntax.

8

This is killing me. Any idea when we will get a fix?

9

I find this bug quite terrible. Bumping the thread.

@sebas77: (hey Seba ;)) whatever the reason for introducing optional parameters, they are indeed very useful, especially to keep the code tidy when you don’t really need overloads. Is there some real reason why we should not use them (Unity bugs apart)?

10

Optional parameters are simply syntactic sugar. There are some minor pitfalls but with sensible code there are only benefits using them.

11

I encounter this bug often too, wish it to be fixed. I submitted a bug report about it in september (remark - I submitted comment to that bug report):

It was marked as duplicate of this:

It’s marked as fixed. But it can be easily reproduced in 4.3.3!

So we have this weird bug since 2012 (at least) and looks like no one going to fix it since they think it is fixed.

12

I remember voting on this a long time ago.

Anyway I posted a reply hoping someone would see it. I don’t see a way to post new things.

13

This bug was fixed for classes only. But they did not fixe it for structs containing methods with default arguments or static functions as well. This gives me a lot of headache the first time i encountered it. Unity pls fix this bug with all its corner cases.

14

The Unity guys told me it’s marked as fixed for the next release. Crossing fingers :slight_smile:

15

God I just spent two hours slowly by slowly pulling out various bits of code trying to figure out what was actually triggering this problem. To the point where I had it narrowed down to the presence of one function. Then I removed each argument one by one, damn frustrating.

At least there are others in the same boat! :slight_smile:

16

Thats just terrible

17

“same same but different, yet still the same” - I add an optional parameter (with default value) to a public function and want to attach the function to an EventTrigger (mouseover for example) - not possible. The function doesn’t even appear on the list, acts like if it was a private member…

18

AFAIK - the surefire way to go around that is to overload the method.
Playing around with namespaces also works sometimes.

19

Just ran into this with Unity 5.5.1f1 :confused: