This is a fixed up version of:

tools/testing/dart/compiler_configuration.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
 
 library compiler_configuration;
 
 import 'dart:io' show
     Platform;
 
 import 'runtime_configuration.dart' show
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   bool get hasCompiler => false;
 
   List<String> computeRuntimeArguments(
       RuntimeConfiguration runtimeConfiguration,
       String buildDir,
       TestInformation info,
       List<String> vmOptions,
       List<String> sharedOptions,
       List<String> originalArguments,
       CommandArtifact artifact) {
-    return <String>[]
+    List<String> args = [];
+    if (isChecked) {
+      args.add('--enable_asserts');
+      args.add('--enable_type_checks');
+    }
+    return args
         ..addAll(vmOptions)
         ..addAll(sharedOptions)
         ..addAll(originalArguments);
   }
 }
 
 /// Common configuration for dart2js-based tools, such as, dart2js
 class Dart2xCompilerConfiguration extends CompilerConfiguration {
   final String moniker;
   static Map<String, List<Uri>> _bootstrapDependenciesCache =
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     String suffix = executableScriptSuffix;
     return 'sdk/bin/dartanalyzer_java$suffix';
   }
 
   CommandArtifact computeCompilationArtifact(
       String buildDir,
       String tempDir,
       CommandBuilder commandBuilder,
       List arguments,
       Map<String, String> environmentOverrides) {
+    arguments = new List.from(arguments);
+    if (isChecked) {
+      arguments.add('--enable_type_checks');
+    }
     return new CommandArtifact(
         <Command>[
             commandBuilder.getAnalysisCommand(
                 moniker, computeCompilerPath(buildDir), arguments,
                 environmentOverrides,
                 flavor: moniker)],
         null, null); // Since this is not a real compilation, no artifacts are
                      // produced.
   }
 
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       // shipped SDK, that is the script is not installed in
       // "$buildDir/dart-sdk/bin/"
       return '$prefix/dartanalyzer_developer$suffix';
     }
     if (useSdk) {
       prefix = '$buildDir/dart-sdk/bin';
     }
     return '$prefix/dartanalyzer$suffix';
   }
 }