> I think it depends on how it should be coded. If you just skip tags, the
> benefit isn't huge in compressed output. There would be a benefit, if
> everything is skiped, if it contains a tag. Eg. remove complete
> landuse=*, natural=* and so on.
>
> But this could also be done with osmfilter or osmosis. So I would agree
> to forget that idea.

Well, you are right, I've simply discarded the tag info. It would be much work to
delete the whole way or relation depending on the (non-)existence of tags and that is
handled well by the other tools.
So, yes, forget that idea.

Gerd