ENH: GH34946 Check type of names argument to read_csv, read_table…

[MJafarMashhadi]

• closes BUG: Inconsistent behavior: Occasional crash on same code and data #34946

• tests passed

• passes black pandas

• passes git diff upstream/master -u -- "*.py" | flake8 --diff

• whatsnew entry

• One test failed (TestTSPlot.test_ts_plot_with_tz) but it's not related to what I changed.

• Does it need a whatsnew entry?

[MJafarMashhadi]

I used is_list_like to check the type which does not consider strings as lists, would that be a problem?
In the tests whereever names argument was passed, it was a list. The doc kind of implies it expects a list too, but the type is specified as array-like which I don't think is accurate because a python list is a perfectly valid argument for that but it isn't array-like.

[WillAyd]

Can you add a test for this? I think can go in pandas/tests/io/parser/test_common.py

[MJafarMashhadi]

Will do

[jreback]

lgtm. @gfyoung if you'd have a look.

[gfyoung]

Provided tests pass, lgtm

[jreback]

thanks @MJafarMashhadi