update the docstring of encoders

Author: fnhirwa

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -94,13 +94,16 @@ def get_by_name(string: str):
     """
     Import by name and return imported module/function/class
 
-    Args:
-        string (str): module/function/class to import, e.g. 'pandas.read_csv' will return read_csv function as
-        defined by pandas
-
-    Returns:
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    string (str):
+        module/function/class to import, e.g. 'pandas.read_csv'
+        will return read_csv function as defined by pandas
+
+    Returns
+    -------
         imported object
-    """  # noqa: E501
+    """
     class_name = string.split(".")[-1]
     module_name = ".".join(string.split(".")[:-1])
 

pytorch_forecasting/data/__init__.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """
 Datasets, etc. for timeseries data.
 
-Handling timeseries data is not trivial. It requires special treatment. This sub-package provides the necessary tools
-to abstracts the necessary work.
-"""  # noqa: E501
+Handling timeseries data is not trivial. It requires special treatment.
+This sub-package provides the necessary tools to abstracts the necessary work.
+"""
 
 from pytorch_forecasting.data.encoders import (
     EncoderNormalizer,