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Incorrect behavior of override_with argument in dask.config.get #10519

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@bnaul

I think #10499 may have introduced an accidental change in the behavior of dask.config.get (I think dask/dask-kubernetes#816 is referring to the same thing, albeit somewhat cryptically 🙂):

# Previous behavior, 2023.9.1 and earlier
HEAD is now at 3316c38f0 bump version to 2023.9.1
(.venv)  ➜  dask git:(2023.9.1) ✗ python -c 'import dask; print(dask.config.get("array.chunk-size", override_with=None))'
128MiB

# New version after this PR
HEAD is now at 216c7c939 Release 2023.9.2 (#10514)
(.venv)  ➜  dask git:(2023.9.2) ✗ python -c 'import dask; print(dask.config.get("array.chunk-size", override_with=None))'
None

I believe this also contradicts the docstring so I think it's a clear bug and not just a neutral change

If override_with is not None this value will be passed straight back

cc @crusaderky @jrbourbeau @fjetter

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