Make Exception a class, not an interface, and remove the const constructor.

sdk/lib/core/exceptions.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // Exceptions are thrown either by the VM or from Dart code.
 
 /**
- * Interface implemented by all core library exceptions.
- * Defaults to an implementation that only carries a simple message.
+ * A marker interface implemented by all core library exceptions.
+ *
+ * An [Exception] is intended to convey information to the user about a failure,
+ * so that the error can be addressed programmatically. It is intended to be
+ * caught, and it should contain useful data fields.
+ *
+ * Creating instances of [Exception] directly with [:new Exception("message"):]
+ * is discouraged, and only included as a temporary measure during development,
+ * until the actual exceptions used by a library are done.
  */
 abstract class Exception {
-  const factory Exception([var message]) = _ExceptionImplementation;
+  factory Exception([var message]) => new _ExceptionImplementation(message);
 }
 
 
 /** Default implementation of [Exception] which carries a message. */
 class _ExceptionImplementation implements Exception {
   final message;
-  const _ExceptionImplementation([this.message]);
-  String toString() => (message == null) ? "Exception" : "Exception: $message";
+
+  _ExceptionImplementation([this.message]);
+
+  String toString() {
+    if (message == null) return "Exception";
+    return "Exception: $message";
+  }
 }
 
 
 /**
  * Exception thrown when a string or some other data does not have an expected
  * format and cannot be parsed or processed.
  */
 class FormatException implements Exception {
   /**
    * A message describing the format error.
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 }
 
 /**
  * Exception thrown when a runtime error occurs.
  */
 class RuntimeError implements Exception {
   final message;
   RuntimeError(this.message);
   String toString() => "RuntimeError: $message";
 }