From 5fbbdd994c49a7349bc185db7255e9e3f850dd3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mose=20M=C3=BCller?= <mosemueller@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 12:06:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: updating docstring, formatting

---
 .../data_service/data_service_list.py                |  2 --
 src/pyDataInterface/utils/helpers.py                 | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pyDataInterface/data_service/data_service_list.py b/src/pyDataInterface/data_service/data_service_list.py
index 7166f6e..ac58e97 100644
--- a/src/pyDataInterface/data_service/data_service_list.py
+++ b/src/pyDataInterface/data_service/data_service_list.py
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ class DataServiceList(list):
     method.
 
     Attributes:
-        _original_list (list):
-            Reference to the original list, to prevent it from being garbage collected.
         callbacks (list):
             List of callback functions to be executed on item set.
     """
diff --git a/src/pyDataInterface/utils/helpers.py b/src/pyDataInterface/utils/helpers.py
index c7493d9..645e323 100644
--- a/src/pyDataInterface/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/src/pyDataInterface/utils/helpers.py
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ def generate_paths_from_DataService_dict(
         list[str]: A list with paths as elements.
 
     Note:
-        The function ignores keys whose "type" is "method", as these represent methods of the
-        DataService object and not its state.
+        The function ignores keys whose "type" is "method", as these represent methods
+        of the DataService object and not its state.
 
     Example:
     -------
@@ -155,14 +155,18 @@ def get_nested_value_by_path_and_key(data: dict, path: str, key: str = "value")
 
         >>> data = {
         >>>     "attr1": {"type": "int", "value": 10},
-        >>>     "attr2": {"type": "MyClass", "value": {"attr3": {"type": "float", "value": 20.5}}}
+        >>>     "attr2": {
+                    "type": "MyClass",
+                    "value": {"attr3": {"type": "float", "value": 20.5}}
+                }
         >>> }
 
         The function can be used to get the value of 'attr1' as follows:
         >>> get_value_of_key_from_path(data, "attr1")
         10
 
-        It can also be used to get the value of 'attr3', which is nested within 'attr2', as follows:
+        It can also be used to get the value of 'attr3', which is nested within 'attr2',
+        as follows:
         >>> get_value_of_key_from_path(data, "attr2.attr3", "type")
         float
     """