Using is_list_like to check value

Author: reidy-p

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -1255,10 +1255,8 @@ def from_items(cls, items, columns=None, orient='columns'):
         """
         keys, values = lzip(*items)
 
-        import array
         for val in values:
-            if not isinstance(val, (list, Series, np.ndarray, Categorical,
-                                    array.array)):
+            if not is_list_like(val):
                 raise TypeError('The value in each (key, value) pair must '
                                 'be an array or a Series')