Minor optimizations by using comprehensions

[cclauss]

% pipx install ruff
% ruff check --select=C4,PERF --statistics

30	C408   	[*] Unnecessary `dict` call (rewrite as a literal)
10	C406   	[*] Unnecessary `tuple` literal (rewrite as a `dict` literal)
10	C417   	[*] Unnecessary `map` usage (rewrite using a generator expression)
 9	PERF401	[ ] Use a list comprehension to create a transformed list
 2	C419   	[*] Unnecessary list comprehension
 2	PERF203	[ ] `try`-`except` within a loop incurs performance overhead
 2	PERF402	[ ] Use `list` or `list.copy` to create a copy of a list

% ruff check --select=C4,PERF --fix --unsafe-fixes

Found 65 errors (52 fixed, 13 remaining).

% ruff rule C408

unnecessary-collection-call (C408)

Derived from the flake8-comprehensions linter.

Fix is always available.

What it does

Checks for unnecessary dict, list or tuple calls that can be
rewritten as empty literals.

Why is this bad?

It's unnecessary to call, e.g., dict() as opposed to using an empty
literal ({}). The former is slower because the name dict must be
looked up in the global scope in case it has been rebound.

Examples

dict()
dict(a=1, b=2)
list()
tuple()

Use instead:

{}
{"a": 1, "b": 2}
[]
()

Fix safety

This rule's fix is marked as unsafe, as it may occasionally drop comments
when rewriting the call. In most cases, though, comments will be preserved.

Options

• lint.flake8-comprehensions.allow-dict-calls-with-keyword-arguments

[ankith26]

The lint job seems to have failed with other errors on this PR, so a commit fixing all those will also be needed

[cclauss]

Are you talking about #2773 or something else?

• build-freetype: http://download.savannah.gnu.org is busy or down #2773

[ankith26]

I'm talking about this fail: https://github.com/pygame-community/pygame-ce/actions/runs/8425378679/job/23088593026

[ankith26]

LGTM, thanks for the PR 🥳

[Starbuck5]

This PR now has merge conflicts.

[cclauss]

Git conflicts fixed.

[zoldalma999]

LGTM, thanks!