Ensure the type inferrer does not infer types for runtime helpers used by the backend.

tests/compiler/dart2js_native/inference_of_helper_methods_test.dart

Index: tests/compiler/dart2js_native/inference_of_helper_methods_test.dart
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--- tests/compiler/dart2js_native/inference_of_helper_methods_test.dart	(revision 0)
+++ tests/compiler/dart2js_native/inference_of_helper_methods_test.dart	(revision 0)
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+// 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.
+
+import "package:expect/expect.dart";
+import 'dart:_js_helper' show intTypeCheck;
+
+bool get inCheckedMode {
+  try {
+    String a = 42;
+  } on TypeError catch (e) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+main() {
+  var a = [];
+  a.add(42);
+  a.add('foo');
+  intTypeCheck(42);

[ahe, 2013/08/15 09:41:07]

Could you explain what this method does, and how this would be broken before?

[ngeoffray, 2013/08/15 09:46:04]

Done.

[ahe, 2013/08/15 09:52:25]

Thank you, the explanation makes sense to me.

+  if (inCheckedMode) {
+    int value;
+    Expect.throws(() => value = a[1], (e) => e is TypeError);
+  }
+}