in Python (and NumPy), the nan's don’t compare equal

 Working with missing data

One has to be mindful that in Python (and NumPy), the nan's don’t compare equal, but None's do. Note that pandas/NumPy uses the fact that np.nan != np.nan, and treats None like np.nan.

In [11]: None == None
Out[11]: True

In [12]: np.nan == np.nan
Out[12]: False