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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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devel
```
setype=dict(type='str'),
    attributes=dict(type='str', aliases=['attr']),
    unsafe_writes=dict(type='bool', default=False),  
)
PASSWD_ARG_RE = re.compile(r'^[-]{0,2}pass[-]?(word|wd)?')
MODE_OPERATOR_RE = re.compile(r'[+=-]')
USERS_RE = re.compile(r'[^ugo]')
PERMS_RE = re.compile(r'[^rwxXstugo]')
_PY3_MIN = sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 5)
_PY2_MIN = (2, 6) <= sys.version_info[:2] < (3,)
_PY_MIN = _PY3_MIN or _PY2_MIN
if not _PY_MIN:
    print(
        '\n{"failed": true, '
        '"msg": "Ansible requires a minimum of Python2 version 2.6 or Python3 version 3.5. Current version: %s"}' % ''.join(sys.version.splitlines())
    )
    sys.exit(1)
#
#
def get_platform():
    '''
    **Deprecated** Use :py:func:`platform.system` directly.
    :returns: Name of the platform the module is running on in a native string
    Returns a native string that labels the platform ("Linux", "Solaris", etc). Currently, this is
    the result of calling :py:func:`platform.system`.
    '''
    return platform.system()
#
#
def load_platform_subclass(cls, *args, **kwargs):