Meaningful message when span name is not a string

[soumyadeepm04]

Description

When the span name is not a string, the error message is confusing. Logs a warning message "span name must be a string" with the stack trace to help identify where the issue is. Converts the span name to a string and continues execution.

Fixes #3918

Type of change

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• [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• [ ] This change requires a documentation update

How Has This Been Tested?

Ran the code given in the issue to reproduce the issue.

Does This PR Require a Contrib Repo Change?

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• [ ] Yes. - Link to PR:

• [x] No.

Checklist:

• [x] Followed the style guidelines of this project
• [ ] Changelogs have been updated
• [ ] Unit tests have been added
• [ ] Documentation has been updated