(more) small performance/clarity improvements #693

Job	Run time
test / Dependency Review	7s
test / Lint Code	36s
test / Test (14, macos-latest)	1m 9s
test / Test (14, ubuntu-latest)	48s
test / Test (16, macos-latest)	1m 11s
test / Test (16, ubuntu-latest)	47s
test / Test (16, windows-latest)	1m 30s
test / Test (18, macos-latest)	57s
test / Test (18, ubuntu-latest)	49s
test / Test (18, windows-latest)	1m 26s
test / Test (20, macos-latest)	1m 22s
test / Test (20, ubuntu-latest)	46s
test / Test (20, windows-latest)	1m 32s
test / Check Licenses	34s
test / Automerge Dependabot PRs	0s
	13m 34s

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