Support type literals as compile-time constants.

sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/compiler.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 dart2js;
 
 /**
  * If true, print a warning for each method that was resolved, but not
  * compiled.
  */
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     if (analyzeAll) libraries.forEach((_, lib) => fullyEnqueueLibrary(lib));
     backend.enqueueHelpers(enqueuer.resolution);
     processQueue(enqueuer.resolution, main);
     enqueuer.resolution.logSummary(log);
 
     if (compilationFailed) return;
 
     log('Inferring types...');
     typesTask.onResolutionComplete(main);
 
+    // Initialize runtime type information support.
+    enqueuer.codegen.universe.rti = new RuntimeTypeInformation(this);

[ngeoffray, 2012/11/19 16:54:09]

Setting this field here seems very arbitrary. The object should be created when
initializing the backend.

[karlklose, 2012/11/20 14:04:38]

Done, moved rti to the backend.

+
     // TODO(ahe): Remove this line. Eventually, enqueuer.resolution
     // should know this.
     world.populate();
 
     log('Compiling...');
     phase = PHASE_COMPILING;
     processQueue(enqueuer.codegen, main);
     enqueuer.codegen.logSummary(log);
 
     if (compilationFailed) return;
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   // TODO(johnniwinther): Use [spannable] and [message] to provide better
   // information on assertion errors.
   if (condition is Function){
     condition = condition();
   }
   if (spannable == null || !condition) {
     throw new SpannableAssertionFailure(spannable, message);
   }
   return true;
 }