#validate set item

Author: hvsesha

pandas/core/arrays/numpy_.py

@@ -589,6 +589,6 @@ def _validate_setitem_value(self, value):
 
         # Note: without the "str" here, the f-string rendering raises in
         #  py38 builds.
-        if isinstance(value, str):
+        if lib.infer_dtype(value)!=self.dtype:
             raise TypeError(f"Invalid value '{str(value)}' for dtype {self.dtype}")