code: def test_index_equal_empty_iterable():
      # #16844
      a = MultiIndex(levels=[[], []], codes=[[], []], names=["a", "b"])
      b = MultiIndex.from_arrays(arrays=[[], []], names=["a", "b"])
      tm.assert_index_equal(a, b)
  
imports: from datetime import date, datetime
  import itertools
  import numpy
  import pytest
  from pandas.core.dtypes.cast import construct_1d_object_array_from_listlike
  import pandas
  from pandas import Index, MultiIndex, Series, Timestamp, date_range
  import pandas._testing
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