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##### SUMMARY

Since https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57145, `elements=str` in Arguments_spec raises an error. We need to use elements="str" instead. I've done a workaround for VMware ( ansible-collections/vmware#235 ), but we may see more cases like that in the future. Is this an expected behaviour?

```python
        associable_object_types=dict(
            type='list',
             elements=str,
        ),
```

The error:


```
The full traceback is:
  File "/tmp/ansible_vmware_category_payload_w4g0m32x/ansible_vmware_category_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py", line 1775, in _handle_elements
    validated_params.append(type_checker(value, **kwargs))
fatal: [testhost]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "associable_object_types": [
                "Folder"
            ],
            "category_cardinality": "multiple",
            "category_description": "Folder",
            "category_name": "Folder",
            "hostname": "vcenter.test",
            "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
            "port": 443,
            "protocol": "https",
            "state": "present",
            "username": "administrator@vsphere.local",
            "validate_certs": false
        }
    },
    "msg": "Elements value for option associable_object_types is of type <class 'str'> and we were unable to convert to str: 'param' is an invalid keyword argument for str()"
}

```

##### ISSUE TYPE
- Bug Report

##### COMPONENT NAME

lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py

##### ANSIBLE VERSION
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```paste below
devel
```
new_value = []  
        deferred_removals.append((value, new_value))
        value = new_value
    elif isinstance(value, Set):
        if isinstance(value, MutableSet):
            new_value = type(value)()
        else:
            new_value = set()  
        deferred_removals.append((value, new_value))
        value = new_value
    elif isinstance(value, Mapping):
        if isinstance(value, MutableMapping):
            new_value = type(value)()
        else:
            new_value = {}  
        deferred_removals.append((value, new_value))
        value = new_value
    elif isinstance(value, tuple(chain(integer_types, (float, bool, NoneType)))):
        stringy_value = to_native(value, encoding='utf-8', errors='surrogate_or_strict')
        if stringy_value in no_log_strings:
            return 'VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER'
        for omit_me in no_log_strings:
            if omit_me in stringy_value:
                return 'VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER'
    elif isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
        value = value.isoformat()
    else:
        raise TypeError('Value of unknown type: %s, %s' % (type(value), value))
    return value
def remove_values(value, no_log_strings):