diff --git a/adodbapi/adodbapi.py b/adodbapi/adodbapi.py
index 4e85bc525..369f7587c 100644
--- a/adodbapi/adodbapi.py
+++ b/adodbapi/adodbapi.py
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ def executemany(self, operation, seq_of_parameters):
 
             Return values are not defined.
         """
-        self.messages = list()
+        self.messages = []
         total_recordcount = 0
 
         self.prepare(operation)
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ def _fetch(self, limit=None):
             return
 
         if self.rs.State == adc.adStateClosed or self.rs.BOF or self.rs.EOF:
-            return list()
+            return []
         if limit:  # limit number of rows retrieved
             ado_results = self.rs.GetRows(limit)
         else:  # get all rows
diff --git a/adodbapi/apibase.py b/adodbapi/apibase.py
index 749c378d3..d22173c46 100644
--- a/adodbapi/apibase.py
+++ b/adodbapi/apibase.py
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ def __next__(self):
             yield self._getValue(n)
 
     def __repr__(self):  # create a human readable representation
-        taglist = sorted(list(self.rows.columnNames.items()), key=lambda x: x[1])
+        taglist = sorted(self.rows.columnNames.values())
         s = "<SQLrow={"
         for name, i in taglist:
             s += f"{name}:{self._getValue(i)!r}, "