Try to explain why there are two signing key types

matrix-org · Jan 10, 2022 · 683cccb · 683cccb
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diff --git a/tests/crypto/test_event_signing.py b/tests/crypto/test_event_signing.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 
 class EventSigningTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
  def setUp(self):
+ # NB: `signedjson` expects `nacl.signing.SigningKey` instances which have been
+ # monkeypatched to include new `alg` and `version` attributes. This is captured
+ # by the `signedjson.types.SigningKey` protocol.
  self.signing_key: signedjson.types.SigningKey = nacl.signing.SigningKey(
  SIGNING_KEY_SEED
  )