Make the root zone's schduleMicrotask and create[Periodic]Timer bind the callback.

tests/lib/async/zone_empty_description2_test.dart

Index: tests/lib/async/zone_empty_description2_test.dart
diff --git a/tests/lib/async/zone_empty_description2_test.dart b/tests/lib/async/zone_empty_description2_test.dart
index 68e145399a4248737e65112f3b693eba4f8c8241..8fd4ad1fe4016be019d6f4b4590a8e7ba8cd8a2c 100644
--- a/tests/lib/async/zone_empty_description2_test.dart
+++ b/tests/lib/async/zone_empty_description2_test.dart
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ testEmptyZoneSpecification() {
   asyncStart();
   bool timerDidRun = false;
   forked.createTimer(const Duration(milliseconds: 20), () {
-    // The createTimer functions on the Zone don't bind the closures.
-    Expect.identical(Zone.ROOT, Zone.current);
+    // The createTimer functions on the Zone binds the closures.

[floitsch, 2013/11/27 10:05:15]

s/functions/function

+    Expect.identical(forked, Zone.current);
     timerDidRun = true;
     asyncEnd();
   });
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ testEmptyZoneSpecification() {
       timer.cancel();
       asyncEnd();
     }
-    // The createPeriodicTimer functions on the Zone don't bind the closures.
-    Expect.identical(Zone.ROOT, Zone.current);
+    // The createPeriodicTimer functions on the Zone binds the closures.

[floitsch, 2013/11/27 10:05:15]

ditto.

+    Expect.identical(forked, Zone.current);
   });
   Expect.identical(Zone.ROOT, Zone.current);
 }