[Python-ideas] simpler super() syntax

[Szekeres István]

Hi,

At the moment the code for a class with MI looks like this:
>
> class Blah(Blubb):
>        def __init__(*args, **kwds)
>                super(Blah, self).__init__(*args, **kwds)
>
> with implicit *args and **kwds, it would look like this:
>
> class Blah(Blubb):
>        def __init__()
>                super(Blah, self).__init__()
>
> And by calling super, I implicitely say, that i want to pass on any
> leftover
> args or kwds which (to my knowledge) I must do anyway, since else I am in
> danger of getting MI bugs.
>

>From Blah.__init__ how would you call super(Blah, self).__init__ if you
explicitely do not want to pass any arguments to it?

super(Blah, self).__init(*[],**{})   ? :)

If your only concern is that you have to type "*args, **kwds" too many
times, maybe something the following could be introduced:

def __init__(*):
   super(Blah, self).__init__(*)

so * would mean whatever argument is given to the function.

Or we similarly to *args and **kwds possibly the new syntax ***allargs could
be introduced which would mean a tuple of *args and **kwds. That could be
abbreviated as ***a    -> it is much sorter and easier to type, yet it is
implicit.

Istvan
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