Big merge from experimental to bleeding edge.

tests/language/type_cast_vm_test.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.
 // VMOptions=--no_show_internal_names
 //
 // Dart test program testing type casts.
 
 // Test that the initializer expression gets properly skipped.
 bool b = "foo" as double;
 
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     return result;
   }
 
   static testSideEffect() {
     int result = 0;
     int index() {
       result++;
       return 0;
     }
     try {
-      var a = new List<int>(1) as List<int>;
+      var a = new List<int>.fixedLength(1) as List<int>;
       a[0] = 0;
       a[index()]++;  // Type check succeeds, but does not create side effects.
       Expect.equals(1, a[0]);
     } on TypeError catch (error) {
       result = 100;
     }
     return result;
   }
 
   static testArgument() {
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     Expect.equals(1, testReturn());
     Expect.equals(1, testField());
     Expect.equals(1, testAnyFunction());
   }
 }
 
 
 main() {
   TypeTest.testMain();
 }