Check that DoFn outputs are valid iterables when using the performance runtime type check feature
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Description
Currently, when using the performance runtime type check feature, you can yield invalid iterables from a DoFn and not have an error thrown. This is incorrect behavior.
We should throw a TypeCheckError if the iterable type is any of the following: dict, str, unicode, or bytes.
Previously, we tried accomplishing this using an isinstance check in process_outputs of common.py, however this harms performance significantly. We should search for a cheaper way to verify that the output type is valid. One possible solution is to only do the isinstance check _if_ the flag is on.
Imported from Jira [BEAM-10782](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-10782). Original Jira may contain additional context.
Reported by: saavan.
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