[mdv] Avoid observing placeholder arrays in TemplateIterator

pkg/mdv/test/template_element_test.dart

Index: pkg/mdv/test/template_element_test.dart
diff --git a/pkg/mdv/test/template_element_test.dart b/pkg/mdv/test/template_element_test.dart
index 657b177a4543006e4ad768badf56a27fcc1e69a1..1b2688f07a83c3fdfaa5e3c6550ad2520f9356cd 100644
--- a/pkg/mdv/test/template_element_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/mdv/test/template_element_test.dart
@@ -1368,6 +1368,25 @@ templateElementTests() {
     expect(div.nodes[3].text, 'baz');
   });
 
+  observeTest('Template - Same Contents, Different Array has no effect', () {
+    if (!MutationObserver.supported) return;
+
+    var div = createTestHtml('<template repeat>{{ foo }}</template>');
+
+    var m = toSymbols([{ 'foo': 'bar' }, { 'foo': 'bat'}]);
+    recursivelySetTemplateModel(div, m);
+    performMicrotaskCheckpoint();
+
+    var observer = new MutationObserver((records, _) {});
+    observer.observe(div, childList: true);
+
+    var template = div.firstChild;
+    template.bind('repeat', toObservable(m.toList()), '');
+    performMicrotaskCheckpoint();
+    var records = observer.takeRecords();
+    expect(records.length, 0);
+  });
+
   observeTest('ChangeFromBindToRepeat', () {
     var div = createTestHtml(
         '<template bind="{{a}}">'