metodos estáticos en modelos de codeigniter

[abimaelrc]

Según este post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2...static-methods

Si quieres usa como referencia una pregunta sencilla ¿Hace sentido el llamar el método sin haber creado un objeto? Luego vi este comentario y me gustó

Define static methods in the following scenarios only:

• If you are writing utility classes and they and they are not supposed to be changed.
• If the method is not using any instance variable.
• If any operation is not dependent on instance creation.
• If there is some code that can easily be shared by all the instance methods, extract that code into a static method.
• If you are sure that the definition of the method will never be changed or overridden. As static methods can not be overridden.