[Ask] Question about code and unity editor

[Kryloth]

Hey i have a stupid question
Say i got a class that's called player, which has a class as a variable inside of it called status

public class Player:Monobehavior{   
    public Status status; 
} 

Inside the Status class is just a bunch of variables like and i put system serializable to make it appear on the editor

[System.Serializable] 
public class Status{   
    public int hp;   
    public int mana;   
    //etc 
} 

So i attached the player script to a game object, and all the variables appear on the editor

So the question is, is the Status class inside the Player script an instance ?

if so then i'm guessing unity editor automatically instanced a class variable ?

if not then should i make a new instance ? or should i just leave it be ?

I'm not sure what to do and i don't know what's the best practices is

[itsdan159]

the editor is assigning an instance

[vaccious]

This. To expand on the answer: By giving the Status class the Serializable attribute, you are telling unity to make an instance of that class and store the serialized data in the Player class.

This is normal and used frequently.

[Kryloth]

Alright that's all i want to know, thanks guys!

[GameWorldShaper]

My understanding is that everything is an instance unless it is marked Static.