Re: When to use rawtypes?

[Stephen R. van den Berg]

Stephen R. van den Berg wrote:
>I notice that some methods of String.Buffer use rawtypes, others don't.
>When is a rawtype helpful and/or necessary?

Case in point:

  /*! @decl Buffer `+( string|Buffer what )
   */
  PIKEFUN Buffer `+( string|Buffer what )
    rawtype tFunc(tOr(tString, tObjIs_BUFFER), tObjIs_BUFFER);

What do I lose when the rawtype declaration is dropped here?
-- 
Stephen.