[Rseding91] [2.0.15] "Unknown entity name: <null>" error importing blueprint of turret with gaps in target priority list

[jeff.s]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Place a turret, and configure it with 3 target priorities

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2. Right click the middle target priority to remove it, leaving a gap

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3. Take a blueprint of the turret, and export the blueprint string

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0eNptj9sKg0AMRP9lnlfoZRVdSn9EpGi7SGCNspdSEf+90Rb60rdJyJyZLOhcspMnjjAL6D5ygKkXBOq5dduO28HCoE+cxeS9jVgViB/2BXNcGwXLkSLZj28f5hunobNeDtQfv8I0BrGMvPEFUyrMMFkpYKkyeiFkjoJUqhGG1rmsoyg4hQsn564iOuq/y2brIGqQkN8zCk/rwx6RF6dKV1Wu9UGf82Jd31NHUZU=

4. Import this blueprint string.

You will see:
- "Error while importing string:" flying text next to cursor (no second line or more detail)
- "Unknown entity name: <null>" in the console
- The blueprint was not imported

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Decoding this blueprint to JSON the issue is clearly evident:

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{
  "blueprint": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "signal": {
          "name": "gun-turret"
        },
        "index": 1
      }
    ],
    "entities": [
      {
        "entity_number": 1,
        "name": "gun-turret",
        "position": {
          "x": 8,
          "y": -8
        },
        "priority-list": [
          "small-biter",
          "<null>",
          "big-biter"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "item": "blueprint",
    "version": 562949954404356
  }
}

[paulstelian97]

I've made a few attempts to find something else to put instead of that "<null>" and it seems like I cannot find an alternative. Nice find! At least the fix is simple (or should be simple), there must be added a name that can be a valid placeholder for empty slots in the serialization/deserialization.

Perhaps even the one the serializer is already doing, the "<null>"!

[jeff.s]

> Perhaps even the one the serializer is already doing, the "<null>"

It would for sure be the most compatible for anybody who already made a blueprint in this way unknowingly

[Rseding91]

Thanks for the report. This is now fixed for the next release.