consider adding an initialize to the model constructor

[weepy]

ie :

  function model(attrs) {
    if (!(this instanceof model)) return new model(attrs);
    this._callbacks = {};
    this.attrs = {};
    this.dirty = {};
    if (attrs) this.set(attrs);
    this.initialize && this.initialize()
  }

[tj]

we could utilize the top-level constructor events instead of adding a bunch of adhoc things like before/after/initialize

[weepy]

ah ok so something like :

User = model('User')
User.on('construct', function(user) {
  // do things with user
})

with this somewhere:

  this.model.emit('construct', this)

[tj]

yeah, not sure what the event name should be but something like that

[avetisk]

initialize?

[RGBboy]

If you went down the event road, how would you handle changes to the model that may be async? Something like:

User = model('User')
User.on('init', function(user, next) {
  // do things with user
  next()
})

[tj]

@RGBboy you can't magically block a constructor anyway, so that isn't possible

[karlbohlmark]

My use case for this would be when you want nested models. (Using the event for performing smth similar to the JSON.parse reviver parameter)