CatalogInvenotry Stock Item save

Question

I found that CatalogInventory/Model/Stock/Item model doesn't trigger _beforeSave() method of it's parent. So, we cannot observe models save_before event. Is it special for preventing from hooks or some bug? Do it leads to some problems or nor if I add parent::_saveBefore() line within the method.

class Mage_CatalogInventory_Model_Stock_Item extends Mage_Core_Model_Abstract
{
    protected function _beforeSave()
    {
      //here should be parent::_saveBefore() call by Magento logic
    }
}

Answer 1

I think it is a bug and have reported it as such years ago. Previously the following line was included

Mage::dispatchEvent('cataloginventory_stock_item_save_before', array('item' => $this));

to make up for the missing parent::_saveBefore(). See here.

I would suggest re-instating that line if you want to observe the before save event.