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pkg/compiler/lib/src/serialization/equivalence.dart

Index: pkg/compiler/lib/src/serialization/equivalence.dart
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/serialization/equivalence.dart b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/serialization/equivalence.dart
index a1f341c02416191407e997c846affb12e9431567..a7c08b5b09fa95dafee95b2d4cd5d46c57490695 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/serialization/equivalence.dart
+++ b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/serialization/equivalence.dart
@@ -1832,3 +1832,12 @@ class NodeEquivalenceVisitor implements Visitor1<bool, Node> {
     throw new UnsupportedError('Unexpected nodes: $node1 <> $node2');
   }
 }
+
+bool areMetadataAnnotationsEquivalent(
+    MetadataAnnotation metadata1, MetadataAnnotation metadata2) {
+  if (metadata1 == metadata2) return true;
+  if (metadata1 == null || metadata2 == null) return false;
+  return areElementsEquivalent(
+          metadata1.annotatedElement, metadata2.annotatedElement) &&
+      areConstantsEquivalent(metadata1.constant, metadata2.constant);
+}