Use the component information when the test is being scheduled instead of when it's being created.

tools/testing/dart/test_suite.dart

 // 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.
 
 /**
  * Classes and methods for enumerating and preparing tests.
  *
  * This library includes:
  *
  * - Creating tests by listing all the Dart files in certain directories,
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   }
 }
 
 
 class TestInformation {
   String filename;
   Map optionsFromFile;
   bool isNegative;
   bool isNegativeIfChecked;
   bool hasFatalTypeErrors;
+  bool hasRuntimeErrors;
 
   TestInformation(this.filename, this.optionsFromFile, this.isNegative,
-                  this.isNegativeIfChecked, this.hasFatalTypeErrors);
+                  this.isNegativeIfChecked, this.hasFatalTypeErrors,
+                  this.hasRuntimeErrors);
 }
 
 
 /**
  * A standard [TestSuite] implementation that searches for tests in a
  * directory, and creates [TestCase]s that compile and/or run them.
  */
 class StandardTestSuite implements TestSuite {
   Map configuration;
   String suiteName;
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     switch (configuration['component']) {
       case 'dartium':
       case 'chromium':
       case 'frogium':
       case 'webdriver':
         enqueueBrowserTest(filename, testName, optionsFromFile,
                            expectations, isNegative);
         break;
       default:
-        // Only dartc supports fatal type errors. Enable fatal type
-        // errors with a flag and treat tests that have fatal type
-        // errors as negative.
-        var enableFatalTypeErrors =
-            (info.hasFatalTypeErrors && configuration['component'] == 'dartc');
+        isNegative = isNegative ||
+            (configuration['checked'] && info.isNegativeIfChecked);
+        bool enableFatalTypeErrors = false;
+
+        if (configuration['component'] == 'dartc') {
+          // Only dartc supports fatal type errors. Enable fatal type
+          // errors with a flag and treat tests that have fatal type
+          // errors as negative.
+          // Also, tests that have runtime errors are not negative
+          // tests for dartc because dartc does not execute the test.
+          if (info.hasFatalTypeErrors) {
+            enableFatalTypeErrors = true;
+            isNegative = true;
+          } else if (info.hasRuntimeErrors) {
+            isNegative = false;
+          }
+        }
+
         var argumentLists = argumentListsFromFile(filename,
                                                   optionsFromFile,
                                                   enableFatalTypeErrors);
-        isNegative = isNegative ||
-            (configuration['checked'] && info.isNegativeIfChecked) ||
-            enableFatalTypeErrors;
 
         for (var args in argumentLists) {
           doTest(new TestCase('$suiteName/$testName',
                               shellPath(),
                               args,
                               configuration,
                               completeHandler,
                               expectations,
                               isNegative));
         }
     }
   }
 
   Function makeTestCaseCreator(Map optionsFromFile) {
     return (String filename,
             bool isNegative,
             [bool isNegativeIfChecked = false,
-             bool hasFatalTypeErrors = false]) {
+             bool hasFatalTypeErrors = false,
+             bool hasRuntimeErrors = false]) {
       // Cache the test information for each test case.
       var info = new TestInformation(filename,
                                      optionsFromFile,
                                      isNegative,
                                      isNegativeIfChecked,
-                                     hasFatalTypeErrors);
+                                     hasFatalTypeErrors,
+                                     hasRuntimeErrors);
       cachedTests.add(info);
       enqueueTestCaseFromTestInformation(info);
     };
   }
 
   void processFile(String filename) {
     if (!isTestFile(filename)) return;
 
     // Only run the tests that match the pattern.
     RegExp pattern = configuration['selectors'][suiteName];
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  * $noCrash tests are expected to be flaky but not crash
  * $pass tests are expected to pass
  * $failOk tests are expected to fail that we won't fix
  * $fail tests are expected to fail that we should fix
  * $crash tests are expected to crash that we should fix
  * $timeout tests are allowed to timeout
 """;
     print(report);
    }
 }