GaudiConfig2: strict type checking for list properties

Allow only list (and tuple) types to be assigned to list properties and extend test coverage. This brings GaudiConfig2 in line with the legacy configurables. I.e. the following now fails:

  MyAlg.MyVecOfStrings = "abc"

changed milestone to %v37r2

assigned to @clemenci

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