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Error "Tried to init array with nil object"

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I'm running this code to determine if a ship has missiles:

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if (ship.missiles) {
   ...some code to run when there are missiles...
}
However, if there are no missiles installed I get this error:

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Error: Native exception: Tried to init array with nil object
I tried doing if (ship.missiles.length > 0) and even adding a check for missileCapacity but neither solution worked. In the end I put the code into a try/catch block to work around the issue.
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Re: Error "Tried to init array with nil object"

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Re: Error "Tried to init array with nil object"

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Thanks for the reports guys. I have pushed a tentative fix on github. Can you please check and confirm that it works without issues or side effects?
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Working well at me, thank you!
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