Revision of "Adjusts dart2js backend to handle method type arguments"

pkg/compiler/lib/src/resolution/constructors.dart

Index: pkg/compiler/lib/src/resolution/constructors.dart
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/resolution/constructors.dart b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/resolution/constructors.dart
index 17bd6e030d29d0abb2d2515352645776a7dba8ce..7a4dbc68af735d296d314058213cbcc0a99162b1 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/resolution/constructors.dart
+++ b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/resolution/constructors.dart
@@ -719,7 +719,17 @@ class ConstructorResolver extends CommonResolverVisitor<ConstructorResult> {
   ConstructorResult constructorResultForType(Node node, DartType type,
       {PrefixElement prefix}) {
     String name = type.name;
-    if (type.isMalformed) {
+    if (type.isTypeVariable) {
+      return reportAndCreateErroneousConstructorElement(
+          node,
+          ConstructorResultKind.INVALID_TYPE,
+          type,
+          resolver.enclosingElement,
+          name,
+          MessageKind.CANNOT_INSTANTIATE_TYPE_VARIABLE,
+          {'typeVariableName': name});
+    } else if (type.isMalformed) {
+      // `type is MalformedType`: `MethodTypeVariableType` is handled above.
       return new ConstructorResult.forError(
           ConstructorResultKind.INVALID_TYPE, type.element, type);
     } else if (type.isInterfaceType) {
@@ -733,15 +743,6 @@ class ConstructorResolver extends CommonResolverVisitor<ConstructorResult> {
           name,
           MessageKind.CANNOT_INSTANTIATE_TYPEDEF,
           {'typedefName': name});
-    } else if (type.isTypeVariable) {
-      return reportAndCreateErroneousConstructorElement(
-          node,
-          ConstructorResultKind.INVALID_TYPE,
-          type,
-          resolver.enclosingElement,
-          name,
-          MessageKind.CANNOT_INSTANTIATE_TYPE_VARIABLE,
-          {'typeVariableName': name});
     }
     return reporter.internalError(node, "Unexpected constructor type $type");
   }