Creating an empty list in Python

Question

What is the best way to create a new empty list in Python?

l = [] 

or

l = list()

I am asking this because

Answer 1

Just to highlight @Darkonaut answer because I think it should be more visible.

new_list = [] or new_list = list() are both fine (ignoring performance), but append() returns None, as result you can't do new_list = new_list.append(something).