Empty list is equal to None or not? [duplicate]

Answer 1

The empty list, [], is not equal to None.

However, it can evaluate to False--that is to say, its "truthiness" value is False. (See the sources in the comments left on the OP.)

Because of this,

>>> [] == False
False
>>> if []:
...     print "true!"
... else:
...     print "false!"
false!