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Return an error when geometric attributes are of the wrong type

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
data

Research direction

Start by locating the Python code path that handles geometric attributes during vector-tile encoding or decoding. Trace how non-list and non-delta-encoded values are currently handled, then add coverage showing that invalid types return an error rather than being silently dropped.

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Description

They must be a list or a delta-encoded list, but if they are not, they are silently dropped instead.

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