Async initialization for DateFormat

pkg/intl/test/data_directory.dart

+// Copyright (c) 2012, 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.
+
+/**
+ * A utility function for test and tools that compensates (at least for very
+ * simple cases) for file-dependent programs being run from different
+ * directories.
+ */
+#library('data_directory');
+
+#import('dart:io');
+
+get dataDirectory {
+  var current = new Directory.current().path;
+  if (new RegExp('.*/test').hasMatch(current)) return '../data/datess/';

[Emily Fortuna, 2012/09/04 20:14:42]

is "data/datess" what you intended?

[Alan Knight, 2012/09/04 23:39:03]

Done.

+  if (new RegExp('.*/intl').hasMatch(current)) return 'data/dates/';

[Emily Fortuna, 2012/09/04 20:14:42]

Use Path separator from Platform library here?

[Alan Knight, 2012/09/04 23:39:03]

Done.

+  return 'pkg/intl/data/dates/';
+}