DurableViewCatalog shouldn't throw on null byte in view ns

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      > db.createCollection("coll")
{ "ok" : 1 }
> db.system.views.insert({_id: "\0"})
WriteResult({ "nInserted" : 1 })
> db.getCollectionInfos()
2017-02-27T11:46:56.558-0500 E QUERY    [main] Error: listCollections failed: {
	"ok" : 0,
	"errmsg" : "namespaces cannot have embedded null characters",
	"code" : 73,
	"codeName" : "InvalidNamespace"
} :
_getErrorWithCode@src/mongo/shell/utils.js:25:13
DB.prototype._getCollectionInfosCommand@src/mongo/shell/db.js:805:1
DB.prototype.getCollectionInfos@src/mongo/shell/db.js:817:19
@(shell):1:1
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      > db.createCollection( "coll" ) { "ok" : 1 } > db.system.views.insert({_id: "\0" }) WriteResult({ "nInserted" : 1 }) > db.getCollectionInfos() 2017-02-27T11:46:56.558-0500 E QUERY [main] Error: listCollections failed: { "ok" : 0, "errmsg" : "namespaces cannot have embedded null characters" , "code" : 73, "codeName" : "InvalidNamespace" } : _getErrorWithCode@src/mongo/shell/utils.js:25:13 DB.prototype._getCollectionInfosCommand@src/mongo/shell/db.js:805:1 DB.prototype.getCollectionInfos@src/mongo/shell/db.js:817:19 @(shell):1:1
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      Inserting a null byte into a system.views namespace is allowed but should cause operations against that view to fail with InvalidViewDefinition. It should also not prevent mongod startup, which is the case here.

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            James Wahlin
            Reporter:
            Tess Avitabile (Inactive)
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