TypeError in floatToGoString in utils.py

When one PureStorage array controller is failed it reports None value for metric purefa_network_interface_performance. The function floatToGoString fails because it cannot handle None value.

I added two lines in my local copy of "utils.py" to make this function work, so it replaces None value with 0 (zero).

Instead of:

def floatToGoString(d):
   d = float(d)

I use:

def floatToGoString(d):
    if d is None:
        d = 0
    d = float(d)

Below is the error message:

File "/home/pure_exporter/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/prometheus_client/utils.py", line 9, in floatToGoString
d = float(d)
TypeError: ("float() argument must be a string or a number, not 'NoneType'", Metric(purefa_network_interface_performance, FlashArray network interface performance, gauge, , [Sample(name='purefa_network_interface_performance', labels={'interface': 'ct0.eth5', 'dimension': 'rx_bytes'}, value=None, timestamp=None, exemplar=None),

Start in utils.py at floatToGoString and reproduce the failure with a None value. Review the existing tests around this utility, then add regression coverage showing that None is handled as zero while normal numeric inputs still work. Done means the reported metric can be serialized without the TypeError.