Reapply 47ecf72 after it was reverted in e431e93e872d9a1c97a5177ebb09d5416f1d659a.

pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/kernel_field_builder.dart

Index: pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/kernel_field_builder.dart
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/kernel_field_builder.dart b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/kernel_field_builder.dart
index cecbe48ba31c440e44e6b55ed4401ad363aba541..d4d7a8712d04ac2a9889168a794ee2dc63453501 100644
--- a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/kernel_field_builder.dart
+++ b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/kernel_field_builder.dart
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class KernelFieldBuilder extends FieldBuilder<Expression> {
   final bool hasInitializer;
 
   KernelFieldBuilder(
+      String documentationComment,
       this.metadata,
       this.type,
       String name,
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ class KernelFieldBuilder extends FieldBuilder<Expression> {
       this.hasInitializer)
       : field = new KernelField(null, fileUri: compilationUnit?.relativeFileUri)
           ..fileOffset = charOffset,
-        super(name, modifiers, compilationUnit, charOffset);
+        super(
+            documentationComment, name, modifiers, compilationUnit, charOffset);
 
   void set initializer(Expression value) {
     if (!hasInitializer && value is! NullLiteral && !isConst && !isFinal) {
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ class KernelFieldBuilder extends FieldBuilder<Expression> {
       type == null && (hasInitializer || isInstanceMember);
 
   Field build(SourceLibraryBuilder library) {
+    field.documentationComment = documentationComment;
     field.name ??= new Name(name, library.target);
     if (type != null) {
       field.type = type.build(library);