What about character literals?

[DartBot]

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var a = A;
var b = Б;
int zh = Ж;
print(zh);

1046

var charCodes = <int>[a, b, c];

[DartBot]

This comment was originally written by @mezoni

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print(W.runtimeType);

int

[kevmoo]

Removed Type-Defect label.
Added Type-Enhancement, Area-Language, Triaged labels.

[lrhn]

Let's add this as another suggested syntax.

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Added Duplicate label.
Marked as being merged into #4415.