Setup type and modifiers of local variables on creation.

pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/parser/parser.dart

Index: pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/parser/parser.dart
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/parser/parser.dart b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/parser/parser.dart
index 38b20a2bc6040b34748a555c040649c676a0fdc6..ac4ebe779b2e105eab366c51666eef8b35e587e2 100644
--- a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/parser/parser.dart
+++ b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/parser/parser.dart
@@ -3250,9 +3250,9 @@ class Parser {
   Token parseVariablesDeclarationMaybeSemicolon(
       Token token, bool endWithSemicolon) {
     int count = 1;
-    listener.beginVariablesDeclaration(token);
     token = parseModifiers(token);
     token = parseTypeOpt(token);
+    listener.beginVariablesDeclaration(token);
     token = parseOptionallyInitializedIdentifier(token);
     while (optional(',', token)) {
       token = parseOptionallyInitializedIdentifier(token.next);