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

sdk/lib/core/stopwatch.dart

Index: sdk/lib/core/stopwatch.dart
===================================================================
--- sdk/lib/core/stopwatch.dart	(revision 32639)
+++ sdk/lib/core/stopwatch.dart	(working copy)
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
  * A simple stopwatch interface to measure elapsed time.
  */
 class Stopwatch {
+  /**
+   * Frequency of the elapsed counter in Hz.
+   */
+  final int frequency = _frequency();
+
   // 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.
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@
    *
    *     Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch()..start();
    */
-  Stopwatch() : _start = null, _stop = null {}
+  Stopwatch() {}

[kasperl, 2014/02/13 06:17:09]

No need for the {}. You can replace that with ;. 

  Stopwatch();

You can even get rid of the whole constructor now, but I'd probably keep it as a
place-holder for the doc comment.

[siva, 2014/02/13 17:06:39]

Done.

 
   /**
    * Starts the [Stopwatch].
@@ -116,10 +121,6 @@
     return (elapsedTicks * 1000) ~/ frequency;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns the frequency of the elapsed counter in Hz.
-   */
-  int get frequency => _frequency();
 
   /**
    * Returns wether the [StopWatch] is currently running.