Editing a SerializedMonoBehaviour file while in Play Mode throws NullReferenceException

As said in title, this behavior here are the steps to replicate said behavior…

This behavior does not generally break the functionality of the script, but it often “soft resets” it, with behaviors like changing List of Lists Contents. If I can find a good example of this happening in the near future, or if otherwise asked, I will upload the steps to reproduce this specific behavior.

As this only ever happens while editing, it is not often an issue during runtime. However, it is a bit irritating to deal with while debugging.

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Here is a full error dump:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
System.Collections.Generic.HashSetEqualityComparer1[T].GetHashCode (System.Collections.Generic.HashSet1[T] obj) (at <1e18c5a6594041c9844bfd0b6618ee4a>:0)
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary2[TKey,TValue].TryInsert (TKey key, TValue value, System.Collections.Generic.InsertionBehavior behavior) (at <6073cf49ed704e958b8a66d540dea948>:0) System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary2[TKey,TValue].set_Item (TKey key, TValue value) (at <6073cf49ed704e958b8a66d540dea948>:0)
Sirenix.Serialization.DictionaryFormatter2[TKey,TValue].DeserializeImplementation (System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary2[TKey,TValue]& value, Sirenix.Serialization.IDataReader reader) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Core/Formatters/DictionaryFormatter.cs:128)
UnityEngine.Debug:LogException(Exception)
Sirenix.Serialization.CustomLogger:LogException(Exception) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/Sirenix Solution/Sirenix.Serialization.Config/CustomLogger.cs:67)
Sirenix.Serialization.DebugContext:LogException(Exception) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Core/Misc/SerializationConfig.cs:252)
Sirenix.Serialization.DictionaryFormatter2:DeserializeImplementation(Dictionary2&, IDataReader) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Core/Formatters/DictionaryFormatter.cs:137)
Sirenix.Serialization.BaseFormatter1:Deserialize(IDataReader) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Core/Formatters/BaseFormatter.cs:222) Sirenix.Serialization.ComplexTypeSerializer1:ReadValue(IDataReader) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Core/Serializers/ComplexTypeSerializer.cs:366)
Sirenix.Serialization.Serializer1:ReadValueWeak(IDataReader) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Core/Serializers/Serializer.cs:261) Sirenix.Serialization.UnitySerializationUtility:DeserializeUnityObject(Object, IDataReader) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Unity Integration/UnitySerializationUtility.cs:1881) Sirenix.Serialization.UnitySerializationUtility:DeserializeUnityObject(Object, Byte[]&, List1&, DataFormat, DeserializationContext) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Unity Integration/UnitySerializationUtility.cs:1730)
Sirenix.Serialization.UnitySerializationUtility:DeserializeUnityObject(Object, SerializationData&, DeserializationContext, Boolean, List`1) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Unity Integration/UnitySerializationUtility.cs:1415)
Sirenix.Serialization.UnitySerializationUtility:DeserializeUnityObject(Object, SerializationData&, DeserializationContext) (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Unity Integration/UnitySerializationUtility.cs:1312)
Sirenix.OdinInspector.SerializedMonoBehaviour:UnityEngine.ISerializationCallbackReceiver.OnAfterDeserialize() (at Y:/Repositories/sirenix-development-framework/OdinSerializer/OdinSerializer/Unity Integration/SerializedUnityObjects/SerializedMonoBehaviour.cs:37)

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