[Python-ideas] simpler super() syntax

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Hi, 

I just spent some time figuring out how and why super needs to be called with 
*args and **kwds in any class, when I use multiple inheritance (or when some 
subclass wants to use it), and I got the impression, that simply every class 
should take *args and **kwds and that super should be called inside the init 
of every class. 

Would it make sense to make the init of any class take *args and **kwds 
implicitely? 

With that, arguments and keywords would always be passed on (the behaviour we 
need as soon as we use any multiple inheritance) and the code would look 
cleaner (I think). 


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. 

What do you think? 

Best wishes, 
Arne
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