Support type literals as compile-time constants.

sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/compiler.dart

Index: sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/compiler.dart
diff --git a/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/compiler.dart b/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/compiler.dart
index e4168043e997239604dbdbb60437fd584ee8c811..885cf0acf4dc460dbe1291d8a05078cfdd58af51 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/compiler.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/compiler.dart
@@ -540,6 +540,9 @@ abstract class Compiler implements DiagnosticListener {
     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();