diff --git a/discord/audit_logs.py b/discord/audit_logs.py
index 90c149866..95987fe37 100644
--- a/discord/audit_logs.py
+++ b/discord/audit_logs.py
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ def _transform_snowflake(entry, data):
 def _transform_channel(entry, data):
     if data is None:
         return None
-    channel = entry.guild.get_channel(int(data)) or Object(id=data)
-    return channel
+    return entry.guild.get_channel(int(data)) or Object(id=data)
 
 def _transform_owner_id(entry, data):
     if data is None:
diff --git a/discord/client.py b/discord/client.py
index 85035535d..8ea1cf301 100644
--- a/discord/client.py
+++ b/discord/client.py
@@ -754,9 +754,7 @@ class Client:
 
     @allowed_mentions.setter
     def allowed_mentions(self, value):
-        if value is None:
-            self._connection.allowed_mentions = value
-        elif isinstance(value, AllowedMentions):
+        if value is None or isinstance(value, AllowedMentions):
             self._connection.allowed_mentions = value
         else:
             raise TypeError('allowed_mentions must be AllowedMentions not {0.__class__!r}'.format(value))
@@ -1227,15 +1225,13 @@ class Client:
         if icon is not None:
             icon = utils._bytes_to_base64_data(icon)
 
-        if region is None:
-            region = VoiceRegion.us_west.value
-        else:
-            region = region.value
+        region = region or VoiceRegion.us_west
+        region_value = region.value
 
         if code:
-            data = await self.http.create_from_template(code, name, region, icon)
+            data = await self.http.create_from_template(code, name, region_value, icon)
         else:
-            data = await self.http.create_guild(name, region, icon)
+            data = await self.http.create_guild(name, region_value, icon)
         return Guild(data=data, state=self._connection)
 
     # Invite management
diff --git a/discord/errors.py b/discord/errors.py
index fbdff0aa0..72470510f 100644
--- a/discord/errors.py
+++ b/discord/errors.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class HTTPException(DiscordException):
 
         fmt = '{0.status} {0.reason} (error code: {1})'
         if len(self.text):
-            fmt = fmt + ': {2}'
+            fmt += ': {2}'
 
         super().__init__(fmt.format(self.response, self.code, self.text))
 
diff --git a/discord/ext/commands/bot.py b/discord/ext/commands/bot.py
index c9ec03a67..a4e74125b 100644
--- a/discord/ext/commands/bot.py
+++ b/discord/ext/commands/bot.py
@@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ class BotBase(GroupMixin):
             return
 
         cog = context.cog
-        if cog:
-            if Cog._get_overridden_method(cog.cog_command_error) is not None:
-                return
+        if cog and Cog._get_overridden_method(cog.cog_command_error) is not None:
+            return
 
         print('Ignoring exception in command {}:'.format(context.command), file=sys.stderr)
         traceback.print_exception(type(exception), exception, exception.__traceback__, file=sys.stderr)
@@ -770,7 +769,7 @@ class BotBase(GroupMixin):
             self._remove_module_references(lib.__name__)
             self._call_module_finalizers(lib, name)
             self.load_extension(name)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception:
             # if the load failed, the remnants should have been
             # cleaned from the load_extension function call
             # so let's load it from our old compiled library.
diff --git a/discord/ext/commands/cog.py b/discord/ext/commands/cog.py
index 57c78b4ef..a7a767376 100644
--- a/discord/ext/commands/cog.py
+++ b/discord/ext/commands/cog.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class CogMeta(type):
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         name, bases, attrs = args
         attrs['__cog_name__'] = kwargs.pop('name', name)
-        attrs['__cog_settings__'] = command_attrs = kwargs.pop('command_attrs', {})
+        attrs['__cog_settings__'] = kwargs.pop('command_attrs', {})
 
         description = kwargs.pop('description', None)
         if description is None:
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class CogMeta(type):
                     commands[elem] = value
                 elif inspect.iscoroutinefunction(value):
                     try:
-                        is_listener = getattr(value, '__cog_listener__')
+                        getattr(value, '__cog_listener__')
                     except AttributeError:
                         continue
                     else:
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class Cog(metaclass=CogMeta):
                 parent = lookup[parent.qualified_name]
 
                 # Update our parent's reference to our self
-                removed = parent.remove_command(command.name)
+                parent.remove_command(command.name)
                 parent.add_command(command)
 
         return self
diff --git a/discord/ext/commands/context.py b/discord/ext/commands/context.py
index 8af9c5e8c..094499217 100644
--- a/discord/ext/commands/context.py
+++ b/discord/ext/commands/context.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ class Context(discord.abc.Messageable):
             entity = bot.get_cog(entity) or bot.get_command(entity)
 
         try:
-            qualified_name = entity.qualified_name
+            entity.qualified_name
         except AttributeError:
             # if we're here then it's not a cog, group, or command.
             return None
diff --git a/discord/ext/commands/core.py b/discord/ext/commands/core.py
index 9cef19e53..16c1276c8 100644
--- a/discord/ext/commands/core.py
+++ b/discord/ext/commands/core.py
@@ -715,9 +715,8 @@ class Command(_BaseCommand):
                     except RuntimeError:
                         break
 
-        if not self.ignore_extra:
-            if not view.eof:
-                raise TooManyArguments('Too many arguments passed to ' + self.qualified_name)
+        if not self.ignore_extra and not view.eof:
+            raise TooManyArguments('Too many arguments passed to ' + self.qualified_name)
 
     async def call_before_hooks(self, ctx):
         # now that we're done preparing we can call the pre-command hooks
diff --git a/discord/ext/tasks/__init__.py b/discord/ext/tasks/__init__.py
index 94917ca04..9f6870057 100644
--- a/discord/ext/tasks/__init__.py
+++ b/discord/ext/tasks/__init__.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Loop:
                     now = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
                     if now > self._next_iteration:
                         self._next_iteration = now
-                except self._valid_exception as exc:
+                except self._valid_exception:
                     self._last_iteration_failed = True
                     if not self.reconnect:
                         raise
diff --git a/discord/gateway.py b/discord/gateway.py
index f13276a16..210a88225 100644
--- a/discord/gateway.py
+++ b/discord/gateway.py
@@ -422,16 +422,11 @@ class DiscordWebSocket:
         if type(msg) is bytes:
             self._buffer.extend(msg)
 
-            if len(msg) >= 4:
-                if msg[-4:] == b'\x00\x00\xff\xff':
-                    msg = self._zlib.decompress(self._buffer)
-                    msg = msg.decode('utf-8')
-                    self._buffer = bytearray()
-                else:
-                    return
-            else:
+            if len(msg) < 4 or msg[-4:] != b'\x00\x00\xff\xff':
                 return
-
+            msg = self._zlib.decompress(self._buffer)
+            msg = msg.decode('utf-8')
+            self._buffer = bytearray()
         msg = json.loads(msg)
 
         log.debug('For Shard ID %s: WebSocket Event: %s', self.shard_id, msg)
diff --git a/discord/iterators.py b/discord/iterators.py
index a9575d495..d18437caa 100644
--- a/discord/iterators.py
+++ b/discord/iterators.py
@@ -291,13 +291,10 @@ class HistoryIterator(_AsyncIterator):
 
     def _get_retrieve(self):
         l = self.limit
-        if l is None:
+        if l is None or l > 100:
             r = 100
-        elif l <= 100:
-            r = l
         else:
-            r = 100
-
+            r = l
         self.retrieve = r
         return r > 0
 
@@ -447,13 +444,10 @@ class AuditLogIterator(_AsyncIterator):
 
     def _get_retrieve(self):
         l = self.limit
-        if l is None:
+        if l is None or l > 100:
             r = 100
-        elif l <= 100:
-            r = l
         else:
-            r = 100
-
+            r = l
         self.retrieve = r
         return r > 0
 
@@ -547,13 +541,10 @@ class GuildIterator(_AsyncIterator):
 
     def _get_retrieve(self):
         l = self.limit
-        if l is None:
+        if l is None or l > 100:
             r = 100
-        elif l <= 100:
-            r = l
         else:
-            r = 100
-
+            r = l
         self.retrieve = r
         return r > 0
 
@@ -636,13 +627,10 @@ class MemberIterator(_AsyncIterator):
 
     def _get_retrieve(self):
         l = self.limit
-        if l is None:
+        if l is None or l > 1000:
             r = 1000
-        elif l <= 1000:
-            r = l
         else:
-            r = 1000
-
+            r = l
         self.retrieve = r
         return r > 0
 
diff --git a/discord/member.py b/discord/member.py
index ec9e4e4e9..8e98db6a4 100644
--- a/discord/member.py
+++ b/discord/member.py
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class Member(discord.abc.Messageable, _BaseUser):
         if they have a guild specific nickname then that
         is returned instead.
         """
-        return self.nick if self.nick is not None else self.name
+        return self.nick or self.name
 
     @property
     def activity(self):
@@ -431,11 +431,7 @@ class Member(discord.abc.Messageable, _BaseUser):
         if self._user.mentioned_in(message):
             return True
 
-        for role in message.role_mentions:
-            if self._roles.has(role.id):
-                return True
-
-        return False
+        return any(self._roles.has(role.id) for role in message.role_mentions)
 
     def permissions_in(self, channel):
         """An alias for :meth:`abc.GuildChannel.permissions_for`.
@@ -582,7 +578,7 @@ class Member(discord.abc.Messageable, _BaseUser):
             # nick not present so...
             pass
         else:
-            nick = nick if nick else ''
+            nick = nick or ''
             if self._state.self_id == self.id:
                 await http.change_my_nickname(guild_id, nick, reason=reason)
             else:
diff --git a/discord/opus.py b/discord/opus.py
index 28b37ae05..94adf3381 100644
--- a/discord/opus.py
+++ b/discord/opus.py
@@ -276,17 +276,14 @@ class _OpusStruct:
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_opus_version() -> str:
-        if not is_loaded():
-            if not _load_default():
-                raise OpusNotLoaded()
+        if not is_loaded() and not _load_default():
+            raise OpusNotLoaded()
 
         return _lib.opus_get_version_string().decode('utf-8')
 
 class Encoder(_OpusStruct):
     def __init__(self, application=APPLICATION_AUDIO):
-        if not is_loaded():
-            if not _load_default():
-                raise OpusNotLoaded()
+        _OpusStruct.get_opus_version()
 
         self.application = application
         self._state = self._create_state()
@@ -342,9 +339,7 @@ class Encoder(_OpusStruct):
 
 class Decoder(_OpusStruct):
     def __init__(self):
-        if not is_loaded():
-            if not _load_default():
-                raise OpusNotLoaded()
+        _OpusStruct.get_opus_version()
 
         self._state = self._create_state()
 
diff --git a/discord/shard.py b/discord/shard.py
index 84ba8880c..1ef9e923e 100644
--- a/discord/shard.py
+++ b/discord/shard.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class AutoShardedClient(Client):
 
         self._connection.shard_count = self.shard_count
 
-        shard_ids = self.shard_ids if self.shard_ids else range(self.shard_count)
+        shard_ids = self.shard_ids or range(self.shard_count)
         self._connection.shard_ids = shard_ids
 
         for shard_id in shard_ids:
diff --git a/discord/state.py b/discord/state.py
index 8e302fe32..00ccb83db 100644
--- a/discord/state.py
+++ b/discord/state.py
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ class ConnectionState:
             log.debug('GUILD_DELETE referencing an unknown guild ID: %s. Discarding.', data['id'])
             return
 
-        if data.get('unavailable', False) and guild is not None:
+        if data.get('unavailable', False):
             # GUILD_DELETE with unavailable being True means that the
             # guild that was available is now currently unavailable
             guild.unavailable = True
@@ -928,10 +928,9 @@ class ConnectionState:
 
     def parse_guild_ban_remove(self, data):
         guild = self._get_guild(int(data['guild_id']))
-        if guild is not None:
-            if 'user' in data:
-                user = self.store_user(data['user'])
-                self.dispatch('member_unban', guild, user)
+        if guild is not None and 'user' in data:
+            user = self.store_user(data['user'])
+            self.dispatch('member_unban', guild, user)
 
     def parse_guild_role_create(self, data):
         guild = self._get_guild(int(data['guild_id']))
diff --git a/discord/template.py b/discord/template.py
index f528120c8..20116cae0 100644
--- a/discord/template.py
+++ b/discord/template.py
@@ -168,12 +168,10 @@ class Template:
         if icon is not None:
             icon = _bytes_to_base64_data(icon)
 
-        if region is None:
-            region = VoiceRegion.us_west.value
-        else:
-            region = region.value
+        region = region or VoiceRegion.us_west
+        region_value = region.value
 
-        data = await self._state.http.create_from_template(self.code, name, region, icon)
+        data = await self._state.http.create_from_template(self.code, name, region_value, icon)
         return Guild(data=data, state=self._state)
     
     async def sync(self):
diff --git a/discord/user.py b/discord/user.py
index 0770109a6..9c4aab31b 100644
--- a/discord/user.py
+++ b/discord/user.py
@@ -274,11 +274,7 @@ class BaseUser(_BaseUser):
         if message.mention_everyone:
             return True
 
-        for user in message.mentions:
-            if user.id == self.id:
-                return True
-
-        return False
+        return any(user.id == self.id for user in message.mentions)
 
 class ClientUser(BaseUser):
     """Represents your Discord user.
diff --git a/discord/utils.py b/discord/utils.py
index 775907ff6..24428c7a3 100644
--- a/discord/utils.py
+++ b/discord/utils.py
@@ -419,11 +419,8 @@ def _string_width(string, *, _IS_ASCII=_IS_ASCII):
         return match.endpos
 
     UNICODE_WIDE_CHAR_TYPE = 'WFA'
-    width = 0
     func = unicodedata.east_asian_width
-    for char in string:
-        width += 2 if func(char) in UNICODE_WIDE_CHAR_TYPE else 1
-    return width
+    return sum(2 if func(char) in UNICODE_WIDE_CHAR_TYPE else 1 for char in string)
 
 def resolve_invite(invite):
     """
diff --git a/discord/widget.py b/discord/widget.py
index b76df8777..252cebe25 100644
--- a/discord/widget.py
+++ b/discord/widget.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class WidgetMember(BaseUser):
     @property
     def display_name(self):
         """:class:`str`: Returns the member's display name."""
-        return self.nick if self.nick else self.name
+        return self.nick or self.name
 
 class Widget:
     """Represents a :class:`Guild` widget.