Make the "sticky error" an Error instead of a String.

runtime/lib/isolate.cc

Index: runtime/lib/isolate.cc
===================================================================
--- runtime/lib/isolate.cc	(revision 3219)
+++ runtime/lib/isolate.cc	(working copy)
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@
   } else {
     Zone zone(isolate);
     HandleScope handle_scope(isolate);
-    const String& error = String::Handle(
+    const Error& error = Error::Handle(
         Isolate::Current()->object_store()->sticky_error());
-    const char* errmsg = error.ToCString();
+    const char* errmsg = error.ToErrorCString();
     OS::PrintErr("%s\n", errmsg);
     exit(255);
   }
@@ -230,16 +230,18 @@
   name ^= String::NewSymbol(library_url);
   const Library& lib = Library::Handle(Library::LookupLibrary(name));
   if (lib.IsNull()) {
-    const String& error = String::Handle(
+    const String& error_str = String::Handle(
         String::New("Error starting Isolate, library not loaded : "));
+    const Error& error = Error::Handle(LanguageError::New(error_str));
     Isolate::Current()->object_store()->set_sticky_error(error);
     return false;
   }
   name ^= String::NewSymbol(class_name);
   const Class& target_class = Class::Handle(lib.LookupClass(name));
   if (target_class.IsNull()) {
-    const String& error = String::Handle(
+    const String& error_str = String::Handle(
         String::New("Error starting Isolate, class not loaded : "));
+    const Error& error = Error::Handle(LanguageError::New(error_str));
     Isolate::Current()->object_store()->set_sticky_error(error);
     return false;
   }
@@ -286,9 +288,9 @@
       {
         Zone zone(spawned_isolate);
         HandleScope scope(spawned_isolate);
-        const String& errmsg = String::Handle(
+        const Error& errobj = Error::Handle(

[hausner, 2012/01/13 01:49:06]

err_obj?

[turnidge, 2012/01/17 19:53:46]

Done.

             spawned_isolate->object_store()->sticky_error());
-        error = strdup(errmsg.ToCString());
+        error = strdup(errobj.ToErrorCString());
       }
       Dart::ShutdownIsolate();
       spawned_isolate = NULL;