clean up handing ellipsis

Author: apple1417

settings.py

@@ -81,14 +81,12 @@ def create_options_dict(options: Sequence[BaseOption]) -> dict[str, JSON]:
     Returns:
         The options' values in dict form.
     """
-    settings: dict[str, JSON] = {
-        option.identifier: cast(JSON, option._to_json())  # type: ignore
+    return {
+        option.identifier: child_json
         for option in options
-        if option._to_json() != ...  # type: ignore
+        if (child_json := option._to_json()) is not ...  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]
     }
 
-    return settings
-
 
 def default_save_mod_settings(self: Mod) -> None:
     """Default implementation for Mod.save_settings."""