Avoid trying to inline identical, and avoid shadowing identical.

sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.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.
 
 part of ssa;
 
 /**
  * A special element for the extra parameter taken by intercepted
  * methods. We need to override [Element.computeType] because our
  * optimizers may look at its declared type.
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                                 argumentNodes: node.arguments);
       return;
     }
     if (identical(element, compiler.assertMethod)
         && !compiler.enableUserAssertions) {
       stack.add(graph.addConstantNull(constantSystem));
       return;
     }
     compiler.ensure(!element.isGenerativeConstructor());
     if (element.isFunction()) {
-      if (tryInlineMethod(element, selector, node.arguments)) {
+      bool isIdenticalFunction = element == compiler.identicalFunction;
+
+      if (!isIdenticalFunction
+          && tryInlineMethod(element, selector, node.arguments)) {
         return;
       }
 
       HInstruction target = new HStatic(element);
       add(target);
       var inputs = <HInstruction>[target];
       // TODO(5347): Try to avoid the need for calling [implementation] before
       // calling [addStaticSendArgumentsToList].
       bool succeeded = addStaticSendArgumentsToList(selector, node.arguments,
                                                     element.implementation,
                                                     inputs);
       if (!succeeded) {
         generateWrongArgumentCountError(node, element, node.arguments);
         return;
       }
 
-      if (identical(element, compiler.identicalFunction)) {
+      if (isIdenticalFunction) {
         pushWithPosition(new HIdentity(target, inputs[1], inputs[2]), node);
         return;
       }
 
       HInvokeStatic instruction = new HInvokeStatic(inputs);
       // TODO(ngeoffray): Only do this if knowing the return type is
       // useful.
       HType returnType =
           builder.backend.optimisticReturnTypesWithRecompilationOnTypeChange(
               work.element, element);
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           new HSubGraphBlockInformation(elseBranch.graph));
 
     HBasicBlock conditionStartBlock = conditionBranch.block;
     conditionStartBlock.setBlockFlow(info, joinBlock);
     SubGraph conditionGraph = conditionBranch.graph;
     HIf branch = conditionGraph.end.last;
     assert(branch is HIf);
     branch.blockInformation = conditionStartBlock.blockFlow;
   }
 }