Bring type variables into static scope, but produce compile-time error when they are used.

lib/compiler/implementation/elements/elements.dart

Index: lib/compiler/implementation/elements/elements.dart
diff --git a/lib/compiler/implementation/elements/elements.dart b/lib/compiler/implementation/elements/elements.dart
index 390d775f5e8968ba4bcdcb888eff0d33fd086f3a..a337c1f5a2a6621b91c328404b8fe36a440231f1 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/implementation/elements/elements.dart
+++ b/lib/compiler/implementation/elements/elements.dart
@@ -341,6 +341,11 @@ class Element implements Spannable {
   FunctionElement asFunctionElement() => null;
 
   static bool isInvalid(Element e) => e == null || e.isErroneous();
+
+  bool inStaticContext() {
+    return modifiers !== null && modifiers.isStatic();

[ahe, 2012/10/04 07:51:02]

Didn't Johnni land a change that ensures modifiers are non-null?

[aam-me, 2012/10/10 02:48:40]

Done.

+  }
+
   Element cloneTo(Element enclosing, DiagnosticListener listener) {
     listener.cancel("Unimplemented cloneTo", element: this);
   }
@@ -926,15 +931,8 @@ class VariableListElement extends Element {
     return isMember() && !modifiers.isStatic();
   }
 
-  // TODO(johnniwinther): Rewrite to avoid the optional argument.
-  Scope buildScope({bool patchScope: false}) {
-    Scope result = new VariableScope(
-        enclosingElement.buildScope(patchScope: patchScope), this);
-    if (enclosingElement.isClass()) {
-      Scope clsScope = result.parent;
-      clsScope.inStaticContext = !isInstanceMember();
-    }
-    return result;
+  bool inStaticContext() {
+    return super.inStaticContext() || enclosingElement.inStaticContext();
   }
 }
 
@@ -1198,10 +1196,6 @@ class FunctionElement extends Element {
   Scope buildScope({bool patchScope: false}) {
     Scope result = new MethodScope(
         enclosingElement.buildScope(patchScope: patchScope), this);
-    if (enclosingElement.isClass()) {
-      Scope clsScope = result.parent;
-      clsScope.inStaticContext = !isInstanceMember() && !isConstructor();
-    }
     return result;
   }
 }