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

sdk/lib/core/stopwatch.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2011, 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.
 
 /**
  * A simple [Stopwatch] interface to measure elapsed time.
  */
 abstract class Stopwatch {
   /**
    * Creates a [Stopwatch] in stopped state with a zero elapsed count.
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   // are called respectively.
   // If _start is null, then the [Stopwatch] has not been started yet.
   // If _stop is null, then the [Stopwatch] has not been stopped yet,
   // or is running.
   int _start;
   int _stop;
 
   _StopwatchImpl() : _start = null, _stop = null {}
 
   void start() {
-    if (_start === null) {
+    if (_start == null) {
       // This stopwatch has never been started.
       _start = _now();
     } else {
-      if (_stop === null) {
+      if (_stop == null) {
         return;
       }
       // Restarting this stopwatch. Prepend the elapsed time to the current
       // start time.
       _start = _now() - (_stop - _start);
       _stop = null;
     }
   }
 
   void stop() {
-    if (_start === null || _stop !== null) {
+    if (_start == null || _stop != null) {
       return;
     }
     _stop = _now();
   }
 
   void reset() {
-    if (_start === null) return;
+    if (_start == null) return;
     // If [_start] is not null, then the stopwatch had already been started. It
     // may running right now.
     _start = _now();
-    if (_stop !== null) {
+    if (_stop != null) {
       // The watch is not running. So simply set the [_stop] to [_start] thus
       // having an elapsed time of 0.
       _stop = _start;
     }
   }
 
   int get elapsedTicks {
-    if (_start === null) {
+    if (_start == null) {
       return 0;
     }
-    return (_stop === null) ? (_now() - _start) : (_stop - _start);
+    return (_stop == null) ? (_now() - _start) : (_stop - _start);
   }
 
   int get elapsedMicroseconds {
     return (elapsedTicks * 1000000) ~/ frequency;
   }
 
   int get elapsedMilliseconds {
     return (elapsedTicks * 1000) ~/ frequency;
   }
 
   int get frequency => _frequency();
 
   external static int _frequency();
   external static int _now();
 }