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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
```
if self._tmpdir is None:
            basedir = None
            if self._remote_tmp is not None:
                basedir = os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(self._remote_tmp))
            if basedir is not None and not os.path.exists(basedir):
                try:
                    os.makedirs(basedir, mode=0o700)
                except (OSError, IOError) as e:
                    self.warn("Unable to use %s as temporary directory, "
                              "failing back to system: %s" % (basedir, to_native(e)))
                    basedir = None
                else:
                    self.warn("Module remote_tmp %s did not exist and was "
                              "created with a mode of 0700, this may cause"
                              " issues when running as another user. To "
                              "avoid this, create the remote_tmp dir with "
                              "the correct permissions manually" % basedir)
            basefile = "ansible-moduletmp-%s-" % time.time()
            try:
                tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=basefile, dir=basedir)
            except (OSError, IOError) as e:
                self.fail_json(
                    msg="Failed to create remote module tmp path at dir %s "
                        "with prefix %s: %s" % (basedir, basefile, to_native(e))
                )
            if not self._keep_remote_files:
                atexit.register(shutil.rmtree, tmpdir)
            self._tmpdir = tmpdir
        return self._tmpdir
    def warn(self, warning):