use dict comprehension in plugins, part 3 (#8833)
* use dict comprehension in plugins, part 3
* add changelog frag
(cherry picked from commit 26df6c7657)
Co-authored-by: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>
* Add attributes to more modules.
* Apply suggestions from code review.
Co-authored-by: Kristian Heljas <11139388+kristianheljas@users.noreply.github.com>
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Co-authored-by: Kristian Heljas <11139388+kristianheljas@users.noreply.github.com>