Use List instead of Link in the type system.

sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart

Index: sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
diff --git a/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart b/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
index 3202bdce2f1842838659c62b522a305d4d5f006f..75ea249b49c6987c1ba99f22171be26cb12b7ff6 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
@@ -1646,21 +1646,24 @@ class SsaBuilder extends ResolvedVisitor {
         // the current type. [InterfaceType.asInstanceOf] takes care
         // of both.
         InterfaceType type = currentClass.thisType.asInstanceOf(enclosingClass);
-        Link<DartType> typeVariables = enclosingClass.typeVariables;
-        type.typeArguments.forEach((DartType argument) {
-          localsHandler.updateLocal(
-              typeVariables.head.element,
-              analyzeTypeArgument(argument));
-          typeVariables = typeVariables.tail;
-        });
-        // If the supertype is a raw type, we need to set to null the
-        // type variables.
-        assert(typeVariables.isEmpty
-               || enclosingClass.typeVariables == typeVariables);
-        while (!typeVariables.isEmpty) {
-          localsHandler.updateLocal(typeVariables.head.element,
-              graph.addConstantNull(compiler));
-          typeVariables = typeVariables.tail;
+        List<DartType> arguments = type.typeArguments;
+        List<DartType> typeVariables = enclosingClass.typeVariables;
+        if (!type.isRaw) {
+          assert(arguments.length == typeVariables.length);
+          Iterator<DartType> variables = typeVariables.iterator;
+          type.typeArguments.forEach((DartType argument) {
+            variables.moveNext();
+            localsHandler.updateLocal(
+                variables.current.element,
+                analyzeTypeArgument(argument));
+          });
+        } else {
+          // If the supertype is a raw type, we need to set to null the
+          // type variables.
+          for (DartType variable in typeVariables) {
+            localsHandler.updateLocal(variable.element,
+                graph.addConstantNull(compiler));
+          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -1967,7 +1970,8 @@ class SsaBuilder extends ResolvedVisitor {
       bool allIndexed = true;
       int expectedIndex = 0;
       ClassElement contextClass;  // The class of `this`.
-      Link typeVariables;  // The list of 'remaining type variables' of `this`.
+      int remainingTypeVariables;  // The number of 'remaining type variables'
+                                   // of `this`.
 
       /// Helper to identify instructions that read a type variable without
       /// substitution (that is, directly use the index). These instructions
@@ -1993,15 +1997,15 @@ class SsaBuilder extends ResolvedVisitor {
           // many arguments we need to process.
           source = newSource;
           contextClass = source.sourceElement.getEnclosingClass();
-          typeVariables = contextClass.typeVariables;
+          remainingTypeVariables = contextClass.typeVariables.length;
         } else {
           assert(source == newSource);
         }
         // If there are no more type variables, then there are more type
         // arguments for the new object than the source has, and it can't be
         // a copy.  Otherwise remove one argument.
-        if (typeVariables.isEmpty) return false;
-        typeVariables = typeVariables.tail;
+        if (remainingTypeVariables == 0) return false;
+        remainingTypeVariables--;
         // Check that the index is the one we expect.
         IntConstant constant = index.constant;
         return constant.value == expectedIndex++;
@@ -2016,7 +2020,7 @@ class SsaBuilder extends ResolvedVisitor {
         typeArguments.add(argument);
       });
 
-      if (source != null && allIndexed && typeVariables.isEmpty) {
+      if (source != null && allIndexed && remainingTypeVariables == 0) {
         copyRuntimeTypeInfo(source, newObject);
       } else {
         newObject =
@@ -3967,14 +3971,7 @@ class SsaBuilder extends ResolvedVisitor {
         generateAbstractClassInstantiationError(send, cls.name);
         return;
       }
-      if (backend.classNeedsRti(cls)) {
-        Link<DartType> typeVariable = cls.typeVariables;
-        expectedType.typeArguments.forEach((DartType argument) {
-          inputs.add(analyzeTypeArgument(argument));
-          typeVariable = typeVariable.tail;
-        });
-        assert(typeVariable.isEmpty);
-      }
+      potentiallyAddTypeArguments(inputs, cls, expectedType);
 
       addInlinedInstantiation(expectedType);
       pushInvokeStatic(node, constructor, inputs, elementType);
@@ -4010,6 +4007,16 @@ class SsaBuilder extends ResolvedVisitor {
     }
   }
 
+  void potentiallyAddTypeArguments(List<HInstruction> inputs, ClassElement cls,
+                                   InterfaceType expectedType) {
+    if (!backend.classNeedsRti(cls)) return;
+    assert(expectedType.typeArguments.isEmpty ||
+        cls.typeVariables.length == expectedType.typeArguments.length);
+    expectedType.typeArguments.forEach((DartType argument) {
+      inputs.add(analyzeTypeArgument(argument));
+    });
+  }
+
   /// In checked mode checks the [type] of [node] to be well-bounded. The method
   /// returns [:true:] if an error can be statically determined.
   bool checkTypeVariableBounds(ast.NewExpression node, InterfaceType type) {
@@ -4692,17 +4699,8 @@ class SsaBuilder extends ResolvedVisitor {
       for (; i < calleeOptionals.length; i++) {
         inputs.add(handleConstantForOptionalParameter(calleeOptionals[i]));
       }
-
-      if (backend.classNeedsRti(element.getEnclosingClass())) {
-        ClassElement cls = function.getEnclosingClass();
-        Link<DartType> typeVariable = cls.typeVariables;
-        InterfaceType type = elements.getType(node.expression);
-        type.typeArguments.forEach((DartType argument) {
-          inputs.add(analyzeTypeArgument(argument));
-          typeVariable = typeVariable.tail;
-        });
-        assert(typeVariable.isEmpty);
-      }
+      potentiallyAddTypeArguments(inputs, element.getEnclosingClass(),
+                                  elements.getType(node.expression));
       pushInvokeStatic(node, element, inputs);
       value = pop();
     } else if (node.expression == null) {
@@ -6069,14 +6067,14 @@ class TypeBuilder implements DartTypeVisitor<dynamic, SsaBuilder> {
       inputs.add(builder.pop());
     }
 
-    Link<DartType> namedParameterTypes = type.namedParameterTypes;
-    for (String name in type.namedParameters) {
-      ast.DartString dartString = new ast.DartString.literal(name);
+    List<DartType> namedParameterTypes = type.namedParameterTypes;
+    List<String> names = type.namedParameters;
+    for (int index = 0; index < names.length; index++) {
+      ast.DartString dartString = new ast.DartString.literal(names[index]);
       inputs.add(
           builder.graph.addConstantString(dartString, builder.compiler));
-      namedParameterTypes.head.accept(this, builder);
+      namedParameterTypes[index].accept(this, builder);
       inputs.add(builder.pop());
-      namedParameterTypes = namedParameterTypes.tail;
     }
 
     ClassElement cls = builder.compiler.findHelper('RuntimeFunctionType');