Create read only handles for empty_array and sentinel objects

vm/ast.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2011, 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.
 
 #include "vm/ast.h"
 #include "vm/compiler.h"
 #include "vm/dart_entry.h"
 #include "vm/isolate.h"
 #include "vm/object_store.h"
 #include "vm/resolver.h"
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 const Instance* StaticGetterNode::EvalConstExpr() const {
   const String& getter_name =
       String::Handle(Field::GetterName(this->field_name()));
   const Function& getter_func =
       Function::Handle(this->cls().LookupStaticFunction(getter_name));
   if (getter_func.IsNull() || !getter_func.is_const()) {
     return NULL;
   }
-  const Array& args = Array::Handle(Object::empty_array());
-  const Object& result = Object::Handle(DartEntry::InvokeStatic(getter_func,
-                                                                args));
+  const Object& result = Object::Handle(
+      DartEntry::InvokeStatic(getter_func, Object::empty_array()));
   if (result.IsError() || result.IsNull()) {
     // TODO(turnidge): We could get better error messages by returning
     // the Error object directly to the parser.  This will involve
     // replumbing all of the EvalConstExpr methods.
     return NULL;
   }
   return &Instance::ZoneHandle(Instance::Cast(result).raw());
 }
 
 }  // namespace dart