| Index: utils/kernel-service/kernel-service.dart | 
| diff --git a/utils/kernel-service/kernel-service.dart b/utils/kernel-service/kernel-service.dart | 
| index a77072d51539a143f9cfa0f0f15c6f801ab96173..072697b961e0216f5ab3563863070a7d2f173847 100644 | 
| --- a/utils/kernel-service/kernel-service.dart | 
| +++ b/utils/kernel-service/kernel-service.dart | 
| @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import 'package:front_end/src/fasta/vm.dart' | 
|  | 
| const bool verbose = const bool.fromEnvironment('DFE_VERBOSE'); | 
|  | 
| +const bool strongMode = const bool.fromEnvironment('DFE_STRONG_MODE'); | 
| + | 
| Future<CompilationResult> _processLoadRequestImpl(String inputFilePathOrUri) { | 
| Uri scriptUri = Uri.parse(inputFilePathOrUri); | 
|  | 
| @@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ Future<CompilationResult> _processLoadRequestImpl(String inputFilePathOrUri) { | 
| "Expected 'file' scheme for a script uri: got ${scriptUri.scheme}")); | 
| } | 
|  | 
| -  return parseScript(scriptUri, verbose: verbose); | 
| +  return parseScript(scriptUri, verbose: verbose, strongMode: strongMode); | 
| } | 
|  | 
| // Process a request from the runtime. See KernelIsolate::CompileToKernel in | 
|  |