How can I call a static Backbone.Model function from an instance of that model, without specifying the model name?

Question

I have static properties that I would like to access from instances of my Backbone.Model objects. I know I could hardcode the parent constructor to call the method, but this prevents me from having polymorphic static functions. For example, I would like to be able to override the foo function in ExtendedInventory if necessary, without having to change any other code.

var Inventory = Backbone.Model.extend({},
    //STATIC
    {
        foo: function() {
            alert('bar');
        }
    });

var i = new Inventory({});
i.constructor.foo(); //This works!

var ExtendedInventory = Inventory.extend({});

var ei = new ExtendedInventory({});
ei.constructor.foo(); //THIS DOES NOT WORK


//How do I generically access the `Inventory.foo()` function via the `ei` object. I would 

Answer 1

Hmm. Though the code above does work, I wouldn't leave it that way. If the function is logically accessible through an object of the class, then define an instance method in the base class that calls the class/"static" function. This makes the code cleaner and clearer, I think (plus, clients don't have to remember the somewhat arcane syntax):

var Inventory = Backbone.Model.extend({
    foo: function() {
        this.constructor.foo();
    }
}, {
    foo: function() {
        alert('bar');
    }
});

var i = new Inventory({});
i.foo(); //This works!

var ExtendedInventory = Inventory.extend({});

var ei = new ExtendedInventory({});
ei.foo();

Answer 2

What doesn't work exactly, in your example? In both Firefox and IE, I get two popups with 'bar', which looks like the intended result? The static part of it appears to behave fine as well, see this jsfiddle.

(this is with the HEAD version of Backbone, btw; don't know if that makes a difference)