utils: Assert desired contract for `parse_comma_separated_list()`

This is a separate commit so it can be dropped during a rebase or
reverted independently.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/flake8/utils.py b/src/flake8/utils.py
index 02f0607..cf88648 100644
--- a/src/flake8/utils.py
+++ b/src/flake8/utils.py
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ def parse_comma_separated_list(value, regexp=COMMA_SEPARATED_LIST_RE):
     :rtype:
         list
     """
+    assert isinstance(  # nosec (for bandit)
+        value, (string_types, type(None))
+    ), value
+
     if not value:
         return []