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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
```
path_is_bytes = False
        if isinstance(path, binary_type):
            path_is_bytes = True
        b_path = os.path.realpath(to_bytes(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(path)), errors='surrogate_or_strict'))
        while not os.path.ismount(b_path):
            b_path = os.path.dirname(b_path)
        if path_is_bytes:
            return b_path
        return to_text(b_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
    def is_special_selinux_path(self, path):
        """
        Returns a tuple containing (True, selinux_context) if the given path is on a
        NFS or other 'special' fs  mount point, otherwise the return will be (False, None).
        """
        try:
            f = open('/proc/mounts', 'r')
            mount_data = f.readlines()
            f.close()
        except Exception:
            return (False, None)
        path_mount_point = self.find_mount_point(path)
        for line in mount_data:
            (device, mount_point, fstype, options, rest) = line.split(' ', 4)
            if path_mount_point == mount_point:
                for fs in self._selinux_special_fs:
                    if fs in fstype:
                        special_context = self.selinux_context(path_mount_point)
                        return (True, special_context)
        return (False, None)
    def set_default_selinux_context(self, path, changed):