Thx (Was: assert type([]) == type(()) )

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assert type([]) == type(())

Just curious. type([]) == type(()) is False as expected and assert type([]) == type(()) throws an AssertionError as expected. However the following is not an error for x in []: assert type(x) == type(()) I expected an AssertionError but get no errors at all. Any explaination? BTW I'm us