Very simple version of Isolates.

tests/isolate/spawn_function_negative_test.dart

Index: tests/isolate/spawn_function_negative_test.dart
diff --git a/tests/isolate/spawn_function_negative_test.dart b/tests/isolate/spawn_function_negative_test.dart
index faecde09933aa114b1fd7c86713c3408a2fc8a18..180631215508c289db9f769701fef2546c11226a 100644
--- a/tests/isolate/spawn_function_negative_test.dart
+++ b/tests/isolate/spawn_function_negative_test.dart
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ library spawn_tests;
 import 'dart:isolate';
 import '../../pkg/unittest/lib/unittest.dart';
 
-child() {
-  port.receive((msg, reply) => reply.send('re: $msg'));
+child(args) {
+  var msg = args[0];
+  var reply = args[1];
+  reply.send('re: $msg');
 }
 
 main() {
   test('message - reply chain', () {
     ReceivePort port = new ReceivePort();
-    port.receive(expectAsync2((msg, _) {
+    Isolate.spawn(child, ['hi', port.sendPort]);
+    port.listen(expectAsync1((msg) {
       port.close();
       expect(msg, equals('re: hello')); // should be hi, not hello
     }));
-
-    SendPort s = spawnFunction(child);
-    s.send('hi', port.toSendPort());
   });
 }