| Index: runtime/bin/gen_snapshot.cc
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| diff --git a/runtime/bin/gen_snapshot.cc b/runtime/bin/gen_snapshot.cc
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| index 2f19fb23f8f0eccfbdbfb5505c73206177fb827b..82bf5ddec1f5e52dd22bf4191bb693e781e9b5b1 100644
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| --- a/runtime/bin/gen_snapshot.cc
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| +++ b/runtime/bin/gen_snapshot.cc
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| @@ -544,18 +544,18 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
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|    // Initialize the Dart VM.
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|    // Note: We don't expect isolates to be created from dart code during
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|    // snapshot generation.
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| -  if (!Dart_Initialize(NULL,
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| -                       NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
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| -                       DartUtils::OpenFile,
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| -                       DartUtils::ReadFile,
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| -                       DartUtils::WriteFile,
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| -                       DartUtils::CloseFile,
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| -                       DartUtils::EntropySource)) {
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| -    Log::PrintErr("VM initialization failed\n");
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| +  char* error = Dart_Initialize(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
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| +      DartUtils::OpenFile,
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| +      DartUtils::ReadFile,
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| +      DartUtils::WriteFile,
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| +      DartUtils::CloseFile,
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| +      DartUtils::EntropySource);
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| +  if (error != NULL) {
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| +    Log::PrintErr("VM initialization failed: %s\n", error);
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| +    free(error);
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|      return 255;
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|    }
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|  
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| -  char* error;
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|    Dart_Isolate isolate = Dart_CreateIsolate(
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|        NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &error);
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|    if (isolate == NULL) {
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| 
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