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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 14:21:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Handles name == None case (re: issue #4311)

Addresses issue #4311 and others, related to `canonicalize_name` throwing TypeError because a str or bytes like object was expected.
---
 poetry/repositories/installed_repository.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/poetry/repositories/installed_repository.py b/poetry/repositories/installed_repository.py
index f5adbe0ac7b..0c564d21fe8 100644
--- a/poetry/repositories/installed_repository.py
+++ b/poetry/repositories/installed_repository.py
@@ -231,8 +231,13 @@ def load(cls, env: Env, with_dependencies: bool = False) -> "InstalledRepository
                 metadata.distributions(path=[entry]),
                 key=lambda d: str(d._path),
             ):
-                name = canonicalize_name(distribution.metadata["name"])
-
+                try:
+                    name = canonicalize_name(distribution.metadata["name"])
+                except TypeError as e:
+                    # handling the case where a distribution is empty but is nevertheless picked up in the search
+                    # and its name is `None`
+                    continue
+                    
                 if name in seen:
                     continue