MNT: correct default type from References/Examples

The default value was a string, if there is input these will be filled as lists.
numpy · Oct 16, 2016 · 832d2ee · 832d2ee
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commit 832d2ee
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/numpydoc/docscrape.py b/numpydoc/docscrape.py
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ class NumpyDocString(collections.Mapping):
         'See Also': [],
         'Notes': [],
         'Warnings': [],
-        'References': '',
-        'Examples': '',
+        'References': [],
+        'Examples': [],
         'index': {}
     }
 
@@ -348,8 +348,6 @@ def _parse(self):
                 existing_content = self.get(section, [])
                 if existing_content:
                     existing_content += ['']
-                else:
-                    existing_content = []
                 self[section] = existing_content + content
 
     # string conversion routines