Simplified null check.

packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/handlers.py

@@ -289,17 +289,15 @@ def filter_predicate(local_model_id: str):
             else:
                 return model_id in self.allowed_models
 
-        def filter_model_list(model_list: Optional[List[str]]) -> List[str]:
-            if model_list is not None:
-                return list(filter(filter_predicate, provider.models))
-            else:
-                return []
-
         # filter out every model w/ model ID according to allow/blocklist
         for provider in providers:
-            provider.models = filter_model_list(provider.models)
-            provider.chat_models = filter_model_list(provider.chat_models)
-            provider.completion_models = filter_model_list(provider.completion_models)
+            provider.models = list(filter(filter_predicate, provider.models or []))
+            provider.chat_models = list(
+                filter(filter_predicate, provider.chat_models or [])
+            )
+            provider.completion_models = list(
+                filter(filter_predicate, provider.completion_models or [])
+            )
 
         # filter out every provider with no models which satisfy the allow/blocklist, then return
         return filter((lambda p: len(p.models) > 0), providers)