Parameter passing in python

[Laura Creighton]

(posted by me, but this is from all of us here .... )

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This is what I have to do in my code when inheriting widgets:

import Pmw

class MyButtonBox(Pmw.ButtonBox)
    def __init__(self, parent, **kw):
       ...
        apply(Pmw.ButtonBox.__init__, (self, parent), kw)

Why am I required to do apply to be able to pass the keyword list?
Some model of Pmw.ButtonBox.__init__(self, args) would be
more readable.

Laura