| Index: frog/member.dart
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| diff --git a/frog/member.dart b/frog/member.dart
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| index 688f64d1c15336236e51e506b93452250058f252..dee77b869d1c06788e86c7e4f98939cd706a4f9e 100644
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| --- a/frog/member.dart
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| +++ b/frog/member.dart
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| @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class FieldMember extends Member {
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|        }
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|      }
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|      type = resolveType(definition.type, false);
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| -    if (isStatic && type.hasTypeParams) {
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| +    if (isStatic && !isFactory && type.hasTypeParams) {
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|        world.error('using type parameter in static context',
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|          definition.type.span);
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|      }
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| @@ -391,9 +391,9 @@ class FieldMember extends Member {
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|          // TODO(jmesserly): this handles native fields that return types like
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|          // "List". Is there a better solution for fields? Unlike methods we have
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|          // no good way to annotate them.
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| -        var factory_ = returnType.genericType.factory_;
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| -        if (factory_ != null && factory_.isNative) {
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| -          factory_.markUsed();
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| +        var defaultType = returnType.genericType.defaultType;
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| +        if (defaultType != null && defaultType.isNative) {
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| +          defaultType.markUsed();
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|          }
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|        }
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|      }
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| @@ -675,11 +675,6 @@ class MethodMember extends Member {
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|    Type returnType;
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|    List<Parameter> parameters;
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|  
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| -  // Could support generic methods in general.  Right now only used for
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| -  // strange corner case of factory methods for generic types.
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| -  List<ParameterType> typeParameters;
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| -
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| -
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|    Type _functionType;
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|    bool isStatic = false;
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|    bool isAbstract = false;
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| @@ -1399,20 +1394,6 @@ class MethodMember extends Member {
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|        isStatic = true;
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|      }
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|  
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| -    if (definition.typeParameters != null) {
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| -      if (!isFactory) {
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| -        world.error(
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| -          'Only factories are allowed to have explicit type parameters',
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| -          definition.typeParameters[0].span);
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| -      } else {
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| -        typeParameters = definition.typeParameters;
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| -        for (var tp in definition.typeParameters) {
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| -          tp.enclosingElement = this;
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| -          tp.resolve();
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| -        }
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| -      }
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| -    }
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| -
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|      // TODO(jimhug): need a better annotation for being an operator method
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|      if (isOperator && isStatic && !isCallMethod) {
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|        world.error('operator method may not be static "${name}"', span);
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| @@ -1456,8 +1437,7 @@ class MethodMember extends Member {
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|    /** Overriden to ensure that type arguments aren't used in static methods. */
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|    Type resolveType(TypeReference node, bool typeErrors) {
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|      Type t = super.resolveType(node, typeErrors);
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| -    if (isStatic && t is ParameterType &&
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| -       (typeParameters == null || !typeParameters.some((p) => p === t))) {
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| +    if (isStatic && !isFactory && t is ParameterType) {
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|        world.error('using type parameter in static context.', node.span);
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|      }
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|      return t;
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| 
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