Patch for /MvcMiniProfiler/MiniProfiler.cs

Make the Head property public so that I can use it, or add the below Extension 
Methods.

I do not like the 
using (profiler.Step("Step A"))
{
    // some code here to profile
    var someData = GetSomeData();
}

pattern as it messes up the scope of anything happening in that using block. 
Especially if it is defined as a var and the type is somekind of anonymous type 
that is the result of say a Linq statement (yes that does not match with the 
above example ;-).

So I'd like to create these extension methods:

namespace MvcMiniProfiler
{
    public static class MiniProfilerExtenstions
    { 
        public static void StartStep(this MiniProfiler profiler, string name)
        {
            if (profiler == null) return;
            var t = new Timing(profiler, profiler.Head, name);
        }
        public static void StopStep(this MiniProfiler profiler)
        {
            if (profiler == null) return;
            profiler.Head.Stop();
        }
    }
}

Then I can do:
MiniProfiler.Current.StartStep("Step A");
var someData = from x in repository.Xs
               // add some insane Linq Foo here
               select x;
MiniProfiler.Current.StopStep();

// use someData in some awesome way

This is perhaps less elegant than the using style, but would work quite well 
too.

[I do not get (see) the design decision that makes the Timing class take 
control of the Head property. Anyone care to explain?)]

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rudi.la...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2011 at 1:21

Attachments:

MiniProfiler.cs.patch

yodeski / mvc-mini-profiler

Patch for /MvcMiniProfiler/MiniProfiler.cs #93