gh-38390: simplify some iterations (ruff PERF102)
this is simplifying some iterations, and was scripted using `ruff`
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URL: https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/38390
Reported by: Frédéric Chapoton
Reviewer(s): David Coudert
