Isolate::Init() can return NULL

runtime/vm/dart.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2013, 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/dart.h"
 
 #include "vm/code_observers.h"
 #include "vm/cpu.h"
 #include "vm/dart_api_state.h"
 #include "vm/dart_entry.h"
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   Metric::Cleanup();
 
   return NULL;
 }
 
 
 Isolate* Dart::CreateIsolate(const char* name_prefix,
                              const Dart_IsolateFlags& api_flags) {
   // Create a new isolate.
   Isolate* isolate = Isolate::Init(name_prefix, api_flags);
-  ASSERT(isolate != NULL);
   return isolate;
 }
 
 
 RawError* Dart::InitializeIsolate(const uint8_t* snapshot_buffer, void* data) {
   // Initialize the new isolate.
   Thread* T = Thread::Current();
   Isolate* I = T->isolate();
   TIMERSCOPE(T, time_isolate_initialization);
   TimelineDurationScope tds(I, I->GetIsolateStream(), "InitializeIsolate");
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   return predefined_handles_->handles_.IsValidScopedHandle(address);
 }
 
 
 bool Dart::IsReadOnlyApiHandle(Dart_Handle handle) {
   ASSERT(predefined_handles_ != NULL);
   return predefined_handles_->api_handles_.IsValidHandle(handle);
 }
 
 }  // namespace dart