{"issue":{"created_at":"2011-12-14T01:50:47Z","state":"closed","updated_at":"2011-12-14T17:12:06Z","user":{"gravatar_id":"95631b02ca66cdaa8e3f4c434d9a7b3b","id":74291,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/framerate","login":"framerate","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/95631b02ca66cdaa8e3f4c434d9a7b3b?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png"},"comments":5,"body":"I'm new to backbone, so I could be missing something. But I have something like:\r\n\r\nvar ChildClass = BaseClass.extend(\r\n{\r\n    initialize: function()\r\n    {\r\n        Backbone.Model.prototype.initialize.call(this);\r\n        alert(\"child init (should see parent init before this but you don't)!\");\r\n    }\r\n  \t\t\r\n}\r\n\r\n\r\nMaybe I'm going about this wrong? I've been coding all day so forgive me if so :). But why can't I call super.initialize this way?\r\n","assignee":null,"pull_request":{"patch_url":null,"html_url":null,"diff_url":null},"id":2546779,"number":785,"labels":[],"title":"Unable to call super.initialize()","html_url":"https://github.com/documentcloud/backbone/issues/785","closed_at":"2011-12-14T17:12:06Z","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/documentcloud/backbone/issues/785","milestone":null},"action":"closed"}