پشتیبانی از ()construct__ در PHP4؟

/**
 * A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4
 * Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors,
 * so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct()
 * which (if present) should call parent::__construct()
 *
 * @return Object
 */
function object()
{
    $arguments = func_get_args();

    if (method_exists($this, '__destruct')) register_shutdown_function(array(&$this, '__destruct'));

    call_user_func_array(array(&$this, '__construct'), $arguments);
}

https://github.com/felixge/raleigh-workshop-08/blob/master/application/cake/libs/object.php