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 f47e5dac0a6b69579515f4db3b9ffccfc7e1b6a0..5cb4116d1479d589d1e338cd6027b52b7e3eb79a 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
@@ -3026,7 +3026,13 @@ class SsaBuilder extends ResolvedVisitor implements Visitor {
         InterfaceType interfaceType = type;
         bool hasTypeArguments = !interfaceType.arguments.isEmpty;
         if (!isInQuotes) template.add("'");
-        template.add(rti.getName(type.element));
+        if (type.element == compiler.dynamicClass) {

[ngeoffray, 2012/11/15 16:07:24]

This looks fishy, why can't rti.getName return 'dynamic'?

[karlklose, 2012/11/19 15:08:58]

Done.

+          // We represent the dynamic type by a class, which has a different
+          // name.
+          template.add('dynamic');
+        } else {
+          template.add(rti.getName(type.element));
+        }
         if (hasTypeArguments) {
           template.add("<");
           for (DartType argument in interfaceType.arguments) {
@@ -3260,22 +3266,17 @@ 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()) {
+      // TODO(karlklose): add type representation
+      ConstantHandler handler = compiler.constantHandler;
+      Constant constant = handler.compileNodeWithDefinitions(node, 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