validate isn't rejected when passed a string

[rapodaca]

When a string is passed as the first argument to validate, the promise resolves instead of being rejected. This contrasts with the behavior when an object is passed, which is to be rejected.

This non-intuitive behavior makes it possible for some hard-to-track bugs to creep into code using the library. Is there a good reason to for this dual behavior to be present?

Package version

5.0.5

Node.js and npm version

8.8.1

Sample Code (to reproduce the issue)

// resolves with 'foobar', unexpected behavior
await validate('foobar', {
  foo: 'required'
});

I expect the above to be rejected like the following:

// is rejected with expected array
await validate({ }, {
  foo: 'required'
});

[thetutlage]

Passing a string to a method that accepts an object is not desired. The best we can do is throw a hard exception that an object is required.

[thetutlage]

Closing since no response from the issue reporter and not actionable as well