Nothing = String.Empty (Why are these equal?)

Question

Why does the first if statement evaluate to true? I know if I use \"is\" instead of \"=\" then it won\'t evaluate to true. If I replace String.Empty with \"Foo\" it doesn\

Answer 1

Try this:

Console.WriteLine("Is String.Empty equal to Nothing?: {0}", String.Empty.Equals(Nothing))

The = operator doesn't enforce equal types, whereas the .Equals() method of a string object does, as does the Is operator.