diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d07d323048d..ba4829f04e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ the assignment to `y`.
         `whereType`.
       * `Iterable.singleWhere` added `orElse` parameter.
       * `List` added `+` operator, `first` and `last` setters, and `indexWhere`
-        and `lastIndexWhere` methods.
+        and `lastIndexWhere` methods, and static `copyRange` and `writeIterable`
+        methods.
       * `Map` added `fromEntries` constructor.
       * `Map` added `addEntries`, `cast`, `entries`, `map`, `removeWhere`,
         `retype`, `update` and `updateAll` members.
diff --git a/sdk/lib/core/list.dart b/sdk/lib/core/list.dart
index fe9ee969e3b..77e40e09a30 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/core/list.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/core/list.dart
@@ -171,6 +171,68 @@ abstract class List<E> implements EfficientLengthIterable<E> {
    */
   static List<T> castFrom<S, T>(List<S> source) => new CastList<S, T>(source);
 
+  /**
+   * Copy a range of one list into another list.
+   *
+   * This is a utility function that can be used to implement methods like
+   * [setRange].
+   *
+   * The range from [start] to [end] must be a valid range of [source],
+   * and there must be room for `end - start` elements from position [at].
+   * If [start] is omitted, it defaults to zero.
+   * If [end] is omitted, it defaults to [source.length].
+   *
+   * If [source] and [target] is the same list, overlapping source and target
+   * ranges are respected so that the target range ends up containing the
+   * initial content of the source range.
+   * Otherwise the order of element copying is not guaranteed.
+   */
+  static void copyRange<T>(List<T> target, int at, List<T> source,
+      [int start, int end]) {
+    start ??= 0;
+    end = RangeError.checkValidRange(start, end, source.length);
+    int length = end - start;
+    if (target.length < at + length) {
+      throw new ArgumentError.value(target, "target",
+          "Not big enough to hold $length elements at position $at");
+    }
+    if (!identical(source, target) || start >= at) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        target[at + i] = source[start + i];
+      }
+    } else {
+      for (int i = length; --i >= 0;) {
+        target[at + i] = source[start + i];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Write the elements of an iterable into a list.
+   *
+   * This is a utility function that can be used to implement methods like
+   * [setAll].
+   *
+   * The elements of [source] are written into [target] from position [at].
+   * The [source] must not contain more elements after writing the last
+   * position of [target].
+   *
+   * If the source is a list, the [copyRange] function is likely to be more
+   * efficient.
+   */
+  static void writeIterable<T>(List<T> target, int at, Iterable<T> source) {
+    RangeError.checkValueInInterval(at, 0, target.length, "at");
+    int index = at;
+    int targetLength = target.length;
+    for (var element in source) {
+      if (index == targetLength) {
+        throw new IndexError(targetLength, target);
+      }
+      target[index] = element;
+      index++;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a view of this list as a list of [R] instances, if necessary.
    *
diff --git a/tests/corelib_2/list_copy_range_test.dart b/tests/corelib_2/list_copy_range_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..009f445bfe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corelib_2/list_copy_range_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018, 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.
+
+import "dart:typed_data";
+import "package:expect/expect.dart";
+
+// Tests of List.copyRange.
+
+void main() {
+  var list = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
+
+  List.copyRange(list, 3, [10, 11, 12, 13], 0, 4);
+
+  Expect.listEquals([0, 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 7, 8, 9], list);
+
+  List.copyRange(list, 6, [20, 21, 22, 23], 1, 3);
+
+  Expect.listEquals([0, 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22, 8, 9], list);
+
+  // Empty ranges won't change anything.
+  List.copyRange(list, 7, [30, 31, 32, 33], 3, 3);
+  List.copyRange(list, list.length, [30, 31, 32, 33], 3, 3);
+
+  Expect.listEquals([0, 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22, 8, 9], list);
+
+  List.copyRange(list, 0, [40, 41, 42, 43], 0, 2);
+
+  Expect.listEquals([40, 41, 2, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22, 8, 9], list);
+
+  // Overlapping self-ranges
+
+  List.copyRange(list, 2, list, 0, 4);
+
+  Expect.listEquals([40, 41, 40, 41, 2, 10, 21, 22, 8, 9], list);
+
+  List.copyRange(list, 4, list, 6, 10);
+
+  Expect.listEquals([40, 41, 40, 41, 21, 22, 8, 9, 8, 9], list);
+
+  // Invalid source ranges.
+
+  Expect.throwsArgumentError(() {
+    List.copyRange(list, 0, [0, 0, 0], -1, 1);
+  });
+
+  Expect.throwsArgumentError(() {
+    List.copyRange(list, 0, [0, 0, 0], 0, 4);
+  });
+
+  Expect.throwsArgumentError(() {
+    List.copyRange(list, 0, [0, 0, 0], 2, 1);
+  });
+
+  Expect.throwsArgumentError(() {
+    List.copyRange(list, 0, [], 1, 1);
+  });
+
+  // Invalid target range.
+  Expect.throwsArgumentError(() {
+    List.copyRange(list, list.length - 3, [0, 0, 0, 0], 0, 4);
+  });
+
+  // Invalid target range.
+  Expect.throwsArgumentError(() {
+    List.copyRange(list, list.length + 1, [0, 0, 0, 0], 0, 0);
+  });
+
+  // Argument errors throw before changing anything, so list is unchanged.
+  Expect.listEquals([40, 41, 40, 41, 21, 22, 8, 9, 8, 9], list);
+
+  // Omitting start/end (or passing null).
+  List.copyRange(list, 2, [1, 2, 3]);
+
+  Expect.listEquals([40, 41, 1, 2, 3, 22, 8, 9, 8, 9], list);
+
+  List.copyRange(list, 5, [1, 2, 3], 1);
+
+  Expect.listEquals([40, 41, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 9, 8, 9], list);
+
+  // Other kinds of lists.
+  var listu8 = new Uint8List.fromList([1, 2, 3, 4]);
+  var list16 = new Int16List.fromList([11, 12, -13, -14]);
+  List.copyRange(listu8, 2, list16, 1, 3);
+  Expect.listEquals([1, 2, 12, 256 - 13], listu8);
+
+  var clist = const <int>[1, 2, 3, 4];
+  var flist = new List<int>(4)..setAll(0, [10, 11, 12, 13]);
+  List.copyRange(flist, 1, clist, 1, 3);
+  Expect.listEquals([10, 2, 3, 13], flist);
+
+  // Invoking with a type parameter that is a supertype of the list types
+  // is valid and useful.
+  List<int> ilist = <int>[1, 2, 3, 4];
+  List<num> nlist = <num>[11, 12, 13, 14];
+
+  List.copyRange<num>(ilist, 1, nlist, 1, 3);
+  Expect.listEquals([1, 12, 13, 4], ilist);
+  List.copyRange<Object>(ilist, 1, nlist, 0, 2);
+  Expect.listEquals([1, 11, 12, 4], ilist);
+  List.copyRange<dynamic>(ilist, 1, nlist, 2, 4);
+  Expect.listEquals([1, 13, 14, 4], ilist);
+
+  var d = new D();
+  List<B> bdlist = <B>[d];
+  List<C> cdlist = <C>[null];
+  List.copyRange<Object>(cdlist, 0, bdlist, 0, 1);
+  Expect.identical(d, cdlist[0]);
+}
+
+class B {}
+
+class C {}
+
+class D implements B, C {}
diff --git a/tests/corelib_2/list_write_elements_test.dart b/tests/corelib_2/list_write_elements_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f382cec4eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corelib_2/list_write_elements_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018, 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.
+
+import "dart:typed_data";
+import "package:expect/expect.dart";
+
+void main() {
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6], 2, [1, 2, 5, 6]);
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6], 0, [5, 6, 3, 4]);
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6], 1, [1, 5, 6, 4]);
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], [], 2, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6], 2, [1, 2, 5, 6]);
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6], 2, [1, 2, 5, 6]);
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6], 2, [1, 2, 5, 6]);
+  test([], [], 0, []);
+  test([1], [2], 0, [2]);
+
+  // Other (non-list) iterables.
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], new Iterable.generate(2, (x) => x + 7), 1, [1, 7, 8, 4]);
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], [9, 9, 5, 6].skip(2), 1, [1, 5, 6, 4]);
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 9, 9].take(2), 1, [1, 5, 6, 4]);
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], [9, 5, 9, 6, 9, 9].where((x) => x != 9), 1, [1, 5, 6, 4]);
+  test([1, 2, 3, 4], new Set.from([5, 6]), 1, [1, 5, 6, 4]);
+
+  // Other types of lists.
+  test(new Uint8List(4), [5, 6], 1, [0, 5, 6, 0]);
+  test(new Uint8List(4), [-5, 6], 1, [0, 256 - 5, 6, 0]);
+
+  // Over-long iterables. Updates until end, then throws.
+  testThrows([], [1], 0);
+  testThrows([2], [1], 1);
+  testThrows([2], [1], 1);
+  testThrows([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8], 2, [1, 2, 5, 6]);
+
+  // Throwing iterable.
+  Expect.throws(() {
+    Iterable<int> throwingIterable() sync* {
+      yield 1;
+      throw "2";
+    }
+
+    List.writeIterable([1, 2, 3], 1, throwingIterable());
+  }, (e) => e == "2");
+
+  // Bad start index.
+  testThrows([1, 2], [1], -1);
+  testThrows([1, 2], [1], 2);
+
+  // Working at a supertype is practical and useful.
+  test<Object>(<int>[1, 2, 3, 4], <num>[5, 6], 1, [1, 5, 6, 4]);
+
+  var d = new D();
+  test<Object>(<B>[null], <C>[d], 0, [d]);
+}
+
+testThrows<T>(list, iterable, start, [expect]) {
+  Expect.throws(() {
+    List.writeIterable<T>(list, start, iterable);
+  });
+  if (expect != null) {
+    Expect.listEquals(expect, list);
+  }
+}
+
+test<T>(List<T> list, Iterable<T> iterable, int start, List expect) {
+  List.writeIterable<T>(list, start, iterable);
+  Expect.listEquals(expect, list);
+}
+
+class B {}
+
+class C {}
+
+class D implements B, C {}