Temporarily allow to import dart:io in client apps.

pkg/compiler/lib/src/apiimpl.dart

Index: pkg/compiler/lib/src/apiimpl.dart
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/apiimpl.dart b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/apiimpl.dart
index d569bcdba7c004d9fd00336ebeaad3548362705d..4dfe9229211907bd4b242c6a5418d65da593c01d 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/apiimpl.dart
+++ b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/apiimpl.dart
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ class CompilerImpl extends Compiler {
             .load(options.platformConfigUri, provider)
             .then((Map<String, Uri> mapping) {
           resolvedUriTranslator.resolvedUriTranslator =
-              new ResolvedUriTranslator(mapping, reporter);
+              new ResolvedUriTranslator(
+                  mapping, reporter, options.platformConfigUri);
         });
       });
     }
@@ -392,6 +393,19 @@ class _Environment implements Environment {
       }
       return "true";
     }
+
+    // Note: we return false on `dart:io` here, even if we allow users to

[sra1, 2017/02/07 21:33:48]

'false' -> 'null' ?

[Siggi Cherem (dart-lang), 2017/02/07 22:02:02]

Done.

+    // unconditionally import it.
+    //
+    // In the past it was invalid to import `dart:io` for client apps. We just
+    // made it valid to import it as a stopgap measure to support packages like
+    // `http`. This is temporary until we support config-imports in the
+    // language.
+    //
+    // Because it is meant to be temporary and because the returned `dart:io`
+    // implementation will throw on most APIs, we still preserve that
+    // when compiling client apps the `dart:io` library is technically not
+    // supported, and so `const bool.fromEnvironment(dart.library.io)` is false.
     return null;
   }
 }