Angular workarounds

tool/input_sdk/patch/core_patch.dart

Index: tool/input_sdk/patch/core_patch.dart
diff --git a/tool/input_sdk/patch/core_patch.dart b/tool/input_sdk/patch/core_patch.dart
index dfb6ac0a12335dc8f9a0a653b4a926b78e277424..855a3831b339497b266b651756aaa6e655ba0da7 100644
--- a/tool/input_sdk/patch/core_patch.dart
+++ b/tool/input_sdk/patch/core_patch.dart
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ class Function {
   static apply(Function f,
                List positionalArguments,
                [Map<Symbol, dynamic> namedArguments]) {
-    return Primitives.applyFunction(
-        f, positionalArguments,
-        namedArguments == null ? null : _toMangledNames(namedArguments));
+    // TODO(vsm): Handle named args.
+    // See: https://github.com/dart-lang/dev_compiler/issues/176
+    return JS('', 'dart.dcall.apply(null, [#].concat(#))', f, positionalArguments);
   }
 
   static Map<String, dynamic> _toMangledNames(
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class List<E> {
   @patch
   factory List.from(Iterable elements, { bool growable: true }) {
     List<E> list = new List<E>();
-    for (E e in elements) {
+    for (var e in elements) {
       list.add(e);
     }
     if (growable) return list;