Use the empty method to check for emptiness

PiperOrigin-RevId: 526046714
Change-Id: I6ad0deff2a7f6dfef75a643c95ad914c83b9ba38
diff --git a/googlemock/test/gmock_test.cc b/googlemock/test/gmock_test.cc
index 8f1bd5d..8cfff30 100644
--- a/googlemock/test/gmock_test.cc
+++ b/googlemock/test/gmock_test.cc
@@ -174,6 +174,6 @@
 // Makes sure Google Mock flags can be accessed in code.
 TEST(FlagTest, IsAccessibleInCode) {
   bool dummy =
-      GMOCK_FLAG_GET(catch_leaked_mocks) && GMOCK_FLAG_GET(verbose) == "";
+      GMOCK_FLAG_GET(catch_leaked_mocks) && GMOCK_FLAG_GET(verbose).empty();
   (void)dummy;  // Avoids the "unused local variable" warning.
 }