Why call parent constructor when creating a model?

[eluser]@robertotra[/eluser]
Hi PhilTem,
we were writing at the same time...
Thanks for enlightening !
Rob


[quote author="PhilTem" date="1327503068"]You ought to use the __construct method to have the magic __get method available throughout your model which works like this

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That's actually the only thing why one uses the __construct-or (at least from my point of view). You can use the model as a pure library without extending the CI_Model, but then you'd have to write something like

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which ain't no deal-breaker at all But don't forget to keep yourself DRY [/quote]