Fix usage of empty array while parsing array literals.

runtime/vm/parser.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "vm/parser.h"
 
 #include "lib/invocation_mirror.h"
 #include "platform/utils.h"
 #include "vm/bootstrap.h"
 #include "vm/class_finalizer.h"
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           factory_class, factory_type_args, type_pos, Heap::kNew));
       factory_type ^= ClassFinalizer::FinalizeType(
           current_class(), factory_type, ClassFinalizer::kFinalize);
       factory_type_args = factory_type.arguments();
       ASSERT(factory_type_args.Length() == factory_class.NumTypeArguments());
     }
     factory_type_args = factory_type_args.Canonicalize();
     ArgumentListNode* factory_param = new(I) ArgumentListNode(
         literal_pos);
     if (element_list.length() == 0) {
-      // TODO(srdjan): Use Object::empty_array once issue 9871 has been fixed.
-      Array& empty_array = Array::ZoneHandle(I, Object::empty_array().raw());
       LiteralNode* empty_array_literal =
-          new(I) LiteralNode(TokenPos(), empty_array);
+          new(I) LiteralNode(TokenPos(), Object::empty_array());
       factory_param->Add(empty_array_literal);
     } else {
       ArrayNode* list = new(I) ArrayNode(TokenPos(), type, element_list);
       factory_param->Add(list);
     }
     return CreateConstructorCallNode(literal_pos,
                                      factory_type_args,
                                      factory_method,
                                      factory_param);
   }
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 void Parser::SkipQualIdent() {
   ASSERT(IsIdentifier());
   ConsumeToken();
   if (CurrentToken() == Token::kPERIOD) {
     ConsumeToken();  // Consume the kPERIOD token.
     ExpectIdentifier("identifier expected after '.'");
   }
 }
 
 }  // namespace dart