Add comment about fast case

Change-Id: I86f473be48ad340f1e0d89c8a77e498bd3c9e528
Reviewed-on: https://dart-review.googlesource.com/63109
Commit-Queue: Peter von der Ahé <ahe@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Aske Simon Christensen <askesc@google.com>
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/body_builder.dart b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/body_builder.dart
index e5fb5f6..40571ac 100644
--- a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/body_builder.dart
+++ b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/body_builder.dart
@@ -1342,6 +1342,8 @@
     debugEvent("handleIdentifier");
     String name = token.lexeme;
     if (name.startsWith("deprecated") &&
+        // Note that the previous check is redundant, but faster in the common
+        // case (when [name] isn't deprecated).
         (name == "deprecated" || name.startsWith("deprecated_"))) {
       addProblem(fasta.templateUseOfDeprecatedIdentifier.withArguments(name),
           offsetForToken(token), lengthForToken(token));