Python 2.7.x - problem with obejct.__init__() not accepting *args and **kwargs

[wzab]

I had to implement in Python 2.7.x a system which heavily relies on
multiple inheritance.
Working on that, I have came to very simplistic code which isolates
the problem:
(The essential thing is that each base class receives all arguments
and uses only those,
which it understands).

class a(object):
  def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
    super(a,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
    print args
    print kwargs
    print "init in a"

class b(object):
  def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
    super(b,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
    print args
    print kwargs
    print "init in b"

class c(a,b):
  def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
    super(c,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
    print args
    print kwargs
    print "init in c"

z=c(test=23,data="eee")

In Python 2.5.2 the above code works correctly, and produces:

$python test1.py
()
{'test': 23, 'data': 'eee'}
init in b
()
{'test': 23, 'data': 'eee'}
init in a
()
{'test': 23, 'data': 'eee'}
init in c

Unfortunately in Python 2.7 the above code generates an exception:
$ python test1.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test1.py", line 22, in <module>
    z=c(test=23,data="eee")
  File "test1.py", line 17, in __init__
    super(c,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
  File "test1.py", line 3, in __init__
    super(a,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
  File "test1.py", line 10, in __init__
    super(b,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
TypeError: object.__init__() takes no parameters

I have found a workaround:

# Class my_object added only as workaround for a problem with
# object.__init__() not accepting any arguments.

class my_object(object):
  def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
    super(my_object,self).__init__()

class a(my_object):
  def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
    super(a,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
    print args
    print kwargs
    print "init in a"

class b(my_object):
  def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
    super(b,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
    print args
    print kwargs
    print "init in b"

class c(a,b):
  def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
    super(c,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
    print args
    print kwargs
    print "init in c"

z=c(test=23,data="eee")

The above works correctly, producing the same results as the first
code in Python 2.5.2,
but anyway it seems to me just a dirty trick...
What is the proper way to solve that problem in Python 2.7.3?

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TIA,
Wojtek