refactor: Miscellaneous refactors to reduce technical debt in variable declarations and comparison operations

[nfelt14]

Proposed changes

This just has miscellaneous changes that reduce technical debt and fix issues spotted by local SonarLint scans.

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 100.00%. Comparing base (1bd76d6) to head (8acecd0).
Report is 52 commits behind head on main.

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Test Results (ubuntu)

path	passed	subtotal
tests/test_afgs.py	2	2
tests/test_alias_dict.py	1	1
tests/test_all_device_drivers.py	1	1
tests/test_alternative_connection_addresses.py	19	19
tests/test_awgs.py	1	1
tests/test_config_parser.py	38	38
tests/test_device_manager.py	18	18
tests/test_devices_legacy_tsp_ieee_cmds.py	3	3
tests/test_helpers.py	71	71
tests/test_ieee_scpi_cmds.py	1	1
tests/test_margin_testers.py	5	5
tests/test_pi_device.py	1	1
tests/test_psu.py	1	1
tests/test_rest_api_device.py	10	10
tests/test_scopes.py	6	6
tests/test_singleton.py	1	1
tests/test_smu.py	4	4
tests/test_ss.py	1	1
tests/test_tm_devices.py	4	4
TOTAL	188	188

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Test Results (macos)

path	passed	subtotal
tests/test_afgs.py	2	2
tests/test_alias_dict.py	1	1
tests/test_all_device_drivers.py	1	1
tests/test_alternative_connection_addresses.py	19	19
tests/test_awgs.py	1	1
tests/test_config_parser.py	38	38
tests/test_device_manager.py	18	18
tests/test_devices_legacy_tsp_ieee_cmds.py	3	3
tests/test_helpers.py	71	71
tests/test_ieee_scpi_cmds.py	1	1
tests/test_margin_testers.py	5	5
tests/test_pi_device.py	1	1
tests/test_psu.py	1	1
tests/test_rest_api_device.py	10	10
tests/test_scopes.py	6	6
tests/test_singleton.py	1	1
tests/test_smu.py	4	4
tests/test_ss.py	1	1
tests/test_tm_devices.py	4	4
TOTAL	188	188

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Test Results (windows)

path	passed	subtotal
tests\test_afgs.py	2	2
tests\test_alias_dict.py	1	1
tests\test_all_device_drivers.py	1	1
tests\test_alternative_connection_addresses.py	19	19
tests\test_awgs.py	1	1
tests\test_config_parser.py	38	38
tests\test_device_manager.py	18	18
tests\test_devices_legacy_tsp_ieee_cmds.py	3	3
tests\test_helpers.py	71	71
tests\test_ieee_scpi_cmds.py	1	1
tests\test_margin_testers.py	5	5
tests\test_pi_device.py	1	1
tests\test_psu.py	1	1
tests\test_rest_api_device.py	10	10
tests\test_scopes.py	6	6
tests\test_singleton.py	1	1
tests\test_smu.py	4	4
tests\test_ss.py	1	1
tests\test_tm_devices.py	4	4
TOTAL	188	188

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