TypeError: _cast_by_example

[delirious-lettuce]

Expected Behavior

Not raise a TypeError

Actual Behavior

Raises a TypeError

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. Call _cast_by_example with a value which isn't None and example as a tuple with a minimum length of 1.

>>> _cast_by_example('value', ('example',))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<input>", line 14, in _cast_by_example
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

The problem is in this line:

monkey/infection_monkey/config.py

Line 28 in 8f0251e

if value is None or value == tuple(None):

The issue is calling tuple(None):

>>> tuple(None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

Potential Fix

The problem line is almost exactly the same as this line (four lines below the problem line):

monkey/infection_monkey/config.py

Line 32 in 8f0251e

if value is None or value == [None]:

After looking at that, it seems like a potential fix would be either:

if value is None or value == (None,):
# or
if value is None or value == tuple([None]):

Both of these produce a tuple with one element which is None.

>>> (None,)
(None,)
>>> tuple([None])
(None,)

I didn't send a PR since I wasn't exactly sure if this would be correct and if so, which one of these would be preferred.

[danielguardicore]

Hey,
Well, that's a bug. I think you're right on the solution. Want to open a one liner PR? 🥇

Also, what did you change in the configuration to run into this bug?

[danielguardicore]

Will be solved in a bugfix soon :)

[danielguardicore]

fixed in #111