Benefits of using net.Write<Some Type> over net.WriteType?

[Feldma]

Hello!

I happened to come across net.WriteType today (I'm not sure how I managed to miss it beforehand).

As such, I have a question - is there a reason to not use net.WriteType over net.WriteBool / net.WriteString / net.WriteTable etc?

Is it less efficient? Does it cause issues in certain use cases? I'm unclear, and as far as I can tell there is no answer on the forums or in the wiki as of yet.

Thanks in advance!

[Rubat]

The difference is right there on the wiki page of the function, I guess I will make it more apparent.

[Feldma]

Sorry I'm looking at the wiki page revisions and I don't see the internal warning on the previous revisions (the pre-your edit ones).

But thanks, that cleared it up for me.

[G😹nz😻]

You're just saving writing unnecessary bites when sending a message, it's always a good practice for nowadays