fix: remove extra argument causing TypeError in metadata string lists

[e-kotov]

Hi! I found a small bug that causes a crash when working with metadata fields like keywords or creators.

The Bug

The class _MetaBaseListString tries to pass 3 arguments to its parent class (super().__init__), but the parent class only accepts 2.

This causes a TypeError whenever you try to access or set these fields.

How to Reproduce

You can reproduce this without a Zenodo API key.

The crash happens whenever you access a metadata field that is a "list of strings" (like keywords or creators).

Real World Example:

# This crashes when you try to modify the creators list
dep.metadata.creators.clear()  

Minimal Reproduction (One-Liner):
This one-liner simulates exactly what dep.metadata.keywords does internally:

python -c "from zen.metadata import Metadata; Metadata({'metadata': {}}).keywords"

Result (Before Fix):

TypeError: _MetaBaseList.init() takes from 1 to 3 positional arguments but 4 were given

Result (After Fix):

(No error, exits silently)

The Fix

I simply removed the extra list() argument that was causing the mismatch.

-        super().__init__(data, key, list())
+        super().__init__(data, key)

Thanks for the great library!

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR fixes a critical bug in the _MetaBaseListString class that caused a TypeError when accessing metadata fields like keywords or creators. The issue was caused by passing three arguments to the parent class constructor which only accepts two.

Changes:

• Removed the erroneous third argument list() from the super().__init__() call in _MetaBaseListString.__init__()

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