Reapply CL: first step for modular support in fasta

pkg/front_end/lib/compiler_options.dart

Index: pkg/front_end/lib/compiler_options.dart
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/lib/compiler_options.dart b/pkg/front_end/lib/compiler_options.dart
index 83283fb15562d755239cee2cbcb9770eca19f006..acc4e11ffbdf9017700be8e748b7aa9639d5795e 100644
--- a/pkg/front_end/lib/compiler_options.dart
+++ b/pkg/front_end/lib/compiler_options.dart
@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@
 
 library front_end.compiler_options;
 
-import 'dart:async';
-
 import 'package:front_end/src/base/performace_logger.dart';
 import 'package:front_end/src/incremental/byte_store.dart';
 
 import 'compilation_error.dart';
 import 'file_system.dart';
 import 'physical_file_system.dart';
-import 'src/simple_error.dart';
 
 /// Default error handler used by [CompilerOptions.onError].
 void defaultErrorHandler(CompilationError error) => throw error;
@@ -150,24 +147,3 @@ class CompilerOptions {
   // SDK itself.
   List<Uri> additionalLibraries = [];
 }
-
-Future<bool> validateOptions(CompilerOptions options) async {
-  var fs = options.fileSystem;
-  var root = options.sdkRoot;
-
-  bool _report(String msg) {
-    options.onError(new SimpleError(msg));
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  if (root != null && !await fs.entityForUri(root).exists()) {
-    return _report("SDK root directory not found: ${options.sdkRoot}");
-  }
-
-  var summary = options.sdkSummary;
-  if (summary != null && !await fs.entityForUri(summary).exists()) {
-    return _report("SDK summary not found: ${options.sdkSummary}");
-  }
-
-  return true;
-}