Support type literals as compile-time constants.

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

Index: sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
diff --git a/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart b/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
index 54ed1bc9315df33fbec3f24c2491b7b2afae82bf..a522228aa910b3eac405c8326b6a415178e8ef2a 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
@@ -3355,22 +3355,19 @@ class SsaBuilder extends ResolvedVisitor implements Visitor {
 
   visitTypeReferenceSend(Send node) {
     Element element = elements[node];
-    HInstruction name;
-    Element helper =
-        compiler.findHelper(const SourceString('createRuntimeType'));
-    if (element.isClass()) {
-      String string = rti.generateRuntimeTypeString(element, 0);
-      name = addConstantString(node.selector, string);
-    } else if (element.isTypedef()) {
-      // TODO(karlklose): implement support for type variables in typedefs.
-      name = addConstantString(node.selector, rti.getName(element));
+    if (element.isClass() || element.isTypedef()) {

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

element.impliesType

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

Type variables imply types. The case for these is just below.

+      // TODO(karlklose): add type representation
+      ConstantHandler handler = compiler.constantHandler;
+      Node constantNode = node.isCall ? node : node;

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

What is this line above?

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

Debug code, removed.

+      Constant constant = handler.compileNodeWithDefinitions(constantNode,
+                                                             elements);
+      stack.add(graph.addConstant(constant));
     } else if (element.isTypeVariable()) {
       // TODO(6248): implement support for type variables.
       compiler.unimplemented('first class type for type variable', node: node);
     } else {
-      internalError('unexpected element $element', node: node);
+      internalError('unexpected element kind $element', node: node);
     }
-    pushInvokeHelper1(helper, name);
     if (node.isCall) {
       // This send is of the form 'e(...)', where e is resolved to a type
       // reference. We create a regular closure call on the result of the type