- Move timer implementation closer to the rest of message handling.

runtime/lib/timer_patch.dart

Index: runtime/lib/timer_patch.dart
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--- runtime/lib/timer_patch.dart	(revision 43127)
+++ runtime/lib/timer_patch.dart	(working copy)
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 patch class Timer {
   /*patch*/ static Timer _createTimer(Duration duration, void callback()) {
+    // TODO(iposva): Remove _TimerFactory and use VMLibraryHooks exclusively.
     if (_TimerFactory._factory == null) {
+      _TimerFactory._factory = VMLibraryHooks.timerFactory;
+    }
+    if (_TimerFactory._factory == null) {
       throw new UnsupportedError("Timer interface not supported.");
     }
     int milliseconds = duration.inMilliseconds;
@@ -14,7 +18,11 @@
 
   /*patch*/ static Timer _createPeriodicTimer(Duration duration,
                                               void callback(Timer timer)) {
+    // TODO(iposva): Remove _TimerFactory and use VMLibraryHooks exclusively.
     if (_TimerFactory._factory == null) {
+      _TimerFactory._factory = VMLibraryHooks.timerFactory;
+    }
+    if (_TimerFactory._factory == null) {
       throw new UnsupportedError("Timer interface not supported.");
     }
     int milliseconds = duration.inMilliseconds;
@@ -27,12 +35,8 @@
                                    void callback(Timer timer),
                                    bool repeating);
 
+// Warning: Dartium sets _TimerFactory._factory instead of setting things up
+// through VMLibraryHooks.timerFactory.
 class _TimerFactory {
   static _TimerFactoryClosure _factory;
 }
-
-// TODO(ahe): Warning: this is NOT called by Dartium. Instead, it sets
-// [_TimerFactory._factory] directly.
-void _setTimerFactoryClosure(_TimerFactoryClosure closure) {
-  _TimerFactory._factory = closure;
-}