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

[Oscar Benjamin]

On 15 May 2013 12:18, wzab <wzab01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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).
>
[snip]
>
> I have found a workaround:
>
> # Class my_object added only as workaround for a problem with
> # object.__init__() not accepting any arguments.
[snip]
>
> 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?

I don't generally use super() but I did see some advice about it in
this article:
https://fuhm.net/super-harmful/

>From the conclusion:
"Never use positional arguments in __init__ or __new__. Always use
keyword args, and always call them as keywords, and always pass all
keywords on to super."


Oscar