Check if dictionary empty with == {}

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2015-08-19 15:57 -0700
Message-ID	<af138426-3eb4-4b72-aa0f-45ce7fc5c292@googlegroups.com> (permalink)
Subject	Check if dictionary empty with == {}
From	Anton <anschatten@gmail.com>

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Probably a silly question. 
Let's say I have a dictionary mydict and I need to test if a dictionary is empty.

I would use

if not mydict:
    """do something"""

But I just came across a line of code like:

if mydict == {}:
    """do something"""

which seems odd to me, but maybe there is a valid use case, thus I decided to ask the community.

Thanks.

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Check if dictionary empty with == {} Anton <anschatten@gmail.com> - 2015-08-19 15:57 -0700
  Re: Check if dictionary empty with == {} MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-08-20 00:33 +0100
  Re: Check if dictionary empty with == {} Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-08-19 18:21 -0500
  Re: Check if dictionary empty with == {} Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-08-20 13:16 +1000
    Re: Check if dictionary empty with == {} Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-08-21 03:44 +1000
  Re: Check if dictionary empty with == {} Laurent Pointal <laurent.pointal@free.fr> - 2015-08-20 17:56 +0200

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