how to pass arguments efficiently (**kwargs in python)

inheritance, keyword-argument, python

Solution

Your problem is that you only tried to use `super` in the child class.

If you use `super` in the base classes too, then this will work. Each constructor will "eat" the keyword arguments it takes and not pass them up to the next constructor. When the constructor for `object` is called, if there are any keyword arguments left over it will raise an exception.

class FirstBase(object):
    def __init__(self, detail_text=None, backed_object=None,
                 window=None, droppable_zone_obj=None,
                 bound_zone_obj=None, on_drag_opacity=None, **kwargs):
        super(FirstBase, self).__init__(**kwargs)

class SecondBase(object):
    def __init__(self, size=(0,0), texture=None, desc="",
                 backed_object=None, window=None, **kwargs):
        super(SecondBase, self).__init__(**kwargs)

class Child(FirstBase, SecondBase):
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super(Child, self).__init__(**kwargs)

As you can see, it works, except when you pass a bogus keyword argument:

>>> Child()
<__main__.Child object at 0x7f4aef413bd0>
>>> Child(detail_text="abc")
<__main__.Child object at 0x7f4aef413cd0>
>>> Child(bogus_kw=123)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "test.py", line 14, in __init__
    super(Child, self).__init__(**kwargs)
  File "test.py", line 5, in __init__
    super(FirstBase, self).__init__(**kwargs)
  File "test.py", line 10, in __init__
    super(SecondBase, self).__init__(**kwargs)
TypeError: object.__init__() takes no parameters

Problem

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