Initialize the frequeny once and use it, avoid calling a native method every

sdk/lib/core/stopwatch.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2011, 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.
 
 part of dart.core;
 
 /**
  * A simple stopwatch interface to measure elapsed time.
  */
 class Stopwatch {
+  /**
+   * Frequency of the elapsed counter in Hz.
+   */
+  int frequency;

[kasperl, 2014/02/12 07:43:26]

This needs to be final. Otherwise, you're in trouble.

[kasperl, 2014/02/12 07:44:16]

You can also initialize this at the declaration site (same goes for _start and
_stop which actually do not need initialization).

[siva, 2014/02/13 01:16:50]

Good catch, need to get used to Dart programming.

[siva, 2014/02/13 01:16:50]

Done.

+
   // The _start and _stop fields capture the time when [start] and [stop]
   // are called respectively.
   // If _start is null, then the [Stopwatch] has not been started yet.
   // If _stop is null, then the [Stopwatch] has not been stopped yet,
   // or is running.
   int _start;
   int _stop;
 
   /**
    * Creates a [Stopwatch] in stopped state with a zero elapsed count.
    *
    * The following example shows how to start a [Stopwatch]
    * immediately after allocation.
    *
    *     Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch()..start();
    */
-  Stopwatch() : _start = null, _stop = null {}
+  Stopwatch() : _start = null, _stop = null, frequency = _frequency() {}
 
   /**
    * Starts the [Stopwatch].
    *
    * The [elapsed] count is increasing monotonically. If the [Stopwatch] has
    * been stopped, then calling start again restarts it without resetting the
    * [elapsed] count.
    *
    * If the [Stopwatch] is currently running, then calling start does nothing.
    */
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     return (elapsedTicks * 1000000) ~/ frequency;
   }
 
   /**
    * Returns the [elapsedTicks] counter converted to milliseconds.
    */
   int get elapsedMilliseconds {
     return (elapsedTicks * 1000) ~/ frequency;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns the frequency of the elapsed counter in Hz.
-   */
-  int get frequency => _frequency();
 
   /**
    * Returns wether the [StopWatch] is currently running.
    */
   bool get isRunning => _start != null && _stop == null;
 
   external static int _frequency();

[kasperl, 2014/02/12 07:57:03]

You could also use a lazily initialized static field to only ever get one call
to the native. Maybe that's overkill.

[siva, 2014/02/13 01:16:50]

Will do this later if needed.

On 2014/02/12 07:57:03, kasperl wrote:

   external static int _now();
 }