Support type literals as compile-time constants.

sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/resolution/members.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 resolution;
 
 abstract class TreeElements {
   Element operator[](Node node);
   Selector getSelector(Send send);
   DartType getType(Node node);
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                 MessageKind.WRONG_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_FOR_ASSERT,
                 [selector.argumentCount]);
         } else if (selector.namedArgumentCount != 0) {
           error(node.selector,
                 MessageKind.ASSERT_IS_GIVEN_NAMED_ARGUMENTS,
                 [selector.namedArgumentCount]);
         }
         return compiler.assertMethod;
       }
 
-      return node.selector.accept(this);
+      Element result = node.selector.accept(this);
+      if (Elements.isClass(result)) {
+        // If we use a class literal in a constant, the compile time constant

[ngeoffray, 2012/11/15 16:07:24]

I think you should move that to the compile time constant handler.

[karlklose, 2012/11/19 15:08:58]

Done.

+        // emitter will generate a call to the runtime type cache helper, so we
+        // resolve it and put it into the codegen work list.
+        SourceString helperName = const SourceString('createRuntimeType');
+        Element helper = compiler.findHelper(helperName);
+        compiler.enqueuer.resolution.addToWorkList(helper);
+        compiler.enqueuer.codegen.addToWorkList(helper);
+      }
+      return result;
     }
 
     var oldCategory = allowedCategory;
     allowedCategory |= ElementCategory.PREFIX | ElementCategory.SUPER;
     Element resolvedReceiver = visit(node.receiver);
     allowedCategory = oldCategory;
 
     Element target;
     SourceString name = node.selector.asIdentifier().source;
     if (identical(name.stringValue, 'this')) {
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     return e;
   }
 
   /// Assumed to be called by [resolveRedirectingFactory].
   Element visitReturn(Return node) {
     Node expression = node.expression;
     return finishConstructorReference(visit(expression),
                                       expression, expression);
   }
 }