Re: [PATCH] verify-tag: allow to verify signed blob objects

> Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
>
>>> Or even
>>>
>>>      if ((flags & GPG_VERIFY_BLOB) && (type != OBJ_BLOB))
>>>                      "you told me to check blob but didn't give me one";
>>>      } else if (type != OBJ_TAG)
>>>              "you didn't give me a tag";
>>>
>>
>> I just tried to stay as close to the original as possible, but I don't
>> care either way. Your latter version is more strict and would require a
>> slight documentation change, but would be fine, too.
>
> Actually, the message you reused is not reusable for this new mode.
> I guess starting from more strict (which makes sense, as you do not
> want to silently say "Yeah, the blob verifies OK" when the user
> tells you "I want you to verify this blob, and here it is" and hands
> you a tag.  If that were an acceptable behaviour, you do not even
> need VERIFY_BLOB as an option, do you?
>
> So I do not care too strongly about this feature, if it were to be
> added, I think you would need to separate error messages and type
> verification should not be lax, I would think.
>