a === b -> identical(a, b)

runtime/bin/builtin.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 library builtin;
 import 'dart:uri';
 
 // Corelib 'print' implementation.
 void _print(arg) {
   _Logger._printString(arg.toString());
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   if (uri.domain != '') {
     var path = (uri.path != '') ? '${uri.domain}${uri.path}' : uri.domain;
     var right = 'package:$path';
     var wrong = 'package://$path';
 
     throw "URIs using the 'package:' scheme should look like "
           "'$right', not '$wrong'.";
   }
 
   var path;
-  if (_packageRoot !== null) {
+  if (_packageRoot != null) {
     path = "${_packageRoot}${uri.path}";
   } else {
     path = _entrypoint.resolve('packages/${uri.path}').path;
   }
 
   _logResolution("# Package: $path");
   return path;
 }