Fix for Issue #1258 (#1298)

* Fix for Issue #1258

list_caster::load method will now check for a Python string and prevent its automatic conversion to a list.
This should fix the issue "pybind11/stl.h converts string to vector<string> #1258" (https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/1258)

* Added tests for fix of issue #1258

* Changelog: stl string auto-conversion
diff --git a/tests/test_stl.cpp b/tests/test_stl.cpp
index cd0985d..8736ea8 100644
--- a/tests/test_stl.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_stl.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include "constructor_stats.h"
 #include <pybind11/stl.h>
 
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
 // Test with `std::variant` in C++17 mode, or with `boost::variant` in C++11/14
 #if PYBIND11_HAS_VARIANT
 using std::variant;
@@ -33,6 +36,8 @@
 }} // namespace pybind11::detail
 #endif
 
+PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(std::vector<std::string, std::allocator<std::string>>);
+
 /// Issue #528: templated constructor
 struct TplCtorClass {
     template <typename T> TplCtorClass(const T &) { }
@@ -237,6 +242,11 @@
     // test_stl_pass_by_pointer
     m.def("stl_pass_by_pointer", [](std::vector<int>* v) { return *v; }, "v"_a=nullptr);
 
+    // #1258: pybind11/stl.h converts string to vector<string>
+    m.def("func_with_string_or_vector_string_arg_overload", [](std::vector<std::string>) { return 1; });
+    m.def("func_with_string_or_vector_string_arg_overload", [](std::list<std::string>) { return 2; });
+    m.def("func_with_string_or_vector_string_arg_overload", [](std::string) { return 3; });
+
     class Placeholder {
     public:
         Placeholder() { print_created(this); }