Use dictionary literals

Author: AA-Turner

sphinx/builders/_epub_base.py

@@ -536,19 +536,20 @@ def content_metadata(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         else:
             time_tuple = time.gmtime()
 
-        metadata: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        metadata['title'] = html.escape(self.config.epub_title)
-        metadata['author'] = html.escape(self.config.epub_author)
-        metadata['uid'] = html.escape(self.config.epub_uid)
-        metadata['lang'] = html.escape(self.config.epub_language)
-        metadata['publisher'] = html.escape(self.config.epub_publisher)
-        metadata['copyright'] = html.escape(self.config.epub_copyright)
-        metadata['scheme'] = html.escape(self.config.epub_scheme)
-        metadata['id'] = html.escape(self.config.epub_identifier)
-        metadata['date'] = html.escape(time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d', time_tuple))
-        metadata['manifest_items'] = []
-        metadata['spines'] = []
-        metadata['guides'] = []
+        metadata: dict[str, Any] = {
+            'title': html.escape(self.config.epub_title),
+            'author': html.escape(self.config.epub_author),
+            'uid': html.escape(self.config.epub_uid),
+            'lang': html.escape(self.config.epub_language),
+            'publisher': html.escape(self.config.epub_publisher),
+            'copyright': html.escape(self.config.epub_copyright),
+            'scheme': html.escape(self.config.epub_scheme),
+            'id': html.escape(self.config.epub_identifier),
+            'date': html.escape(time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d', time_tuple)),
+            'manifest_items': [],
+            'spines': [],
+            'guides': [],
+        }
         return metadata
 
     def build_content(self) -> None:
@@ -752,11 +753,12 @@ def toc_metadata(self, level: int, navpoints: list[NavPoint]) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Create a dictionary with all metadata for the toc.ncx file
         properly escaped.
         """
-        metadata: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        metadata['uid'] = self.config.epub_uid
-        metadata['title'] = html.escape(self.config.epub_title)
-        metadata['level'] = level
-        metadata['navpoints'] = navpoints
+        metadata: dict[str, Any] = {
+            'uid': self.config.epub_uid,
+            'title': html.escape(self.config.epub_title),
+            'level': level,
+            'navpoints': navpoints,
+        }
         return metadata
 
     def build_toc(self) -> None:

sphinx/config.py

@@ -583,9 +583,10 @@ def eval_config_file(
     """Evaluate a config file."""
     filename = Path(filename)
 
-    namespace: dict[str, Any] = {}
-    namespace['__file__'] = str(filename)
-    namespace['tags'] = tags
+    namespace: dict[str, Any] = {
+        '__file__': str(filename),
+        'tags': tags,
+    }
 
     with chdir(filename.parent):
         # during executing config file, current dir is changed to ``confdir``.