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cogs/committee_actions_tracking.py

@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ async def create(
         In normal use the autocomplete should be used, but a discord ID can be
         used directly if the user wishes to action a user not included in the autocomplete.
         """
-        member_id: str = action_member_id if action_member_id else str(ctx.user.id)
+        member_id: str = action_member_id or str(ctx.user.id)
 
         try:
             action_user: discord.Member = await self.bot.get_member_from_str_id(

exceptions/config_changes.py

@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ def __init__(
         self, message: str | None = None, changed_settings: "AbstractSet[str] | None" = None
     ) -> None:
         """Initialise an Exception to apply configuration changes."""
-        self.changed_settings: AbstractSet[str] | None = (
-            changed_settings if changed_settings else set()
-        )
+        self.changed_settings: AbstractSet[str] | None = changed_settings or set()
 
         super().__init__(message)

utils/tex_bot_base_cog.py

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ async def send_error(
                 " ".join(
                     message_part
                     for message_part in (
-                        error_code if error_code else "",
+                        error_code or "",
                         f"({interaction_name})",
                         str(logging_message),
                     )