Why does “[] is [ ]” evaluate to False in python

Question

Try this in an interactive python shell.

[] is [ ]

The above returns False, why?

Answer 1

The == operator compares the values of both the operands and checks for value equality. Whereas is operator checks whether both the operands refer to the same object or not.

id('') : 139634828889200
id('') : 139634828889200
id('') : 139634828889200

id([]) : 139634689473416
id([]) : 139634689054536
id([]) : 139634742570824