Subclass init method only calls base initializer method

Question

I have a derived class whose __init__ method only calls super().__init(...). However, the list of arguments to the super class is very long, which makes for a long list of mostly boiler plate:

def __init__(self, dataset, updater=None,
                 start_date=None,
                 end_date=None,
                 fill_missing_only=False,
                 total_sync: bool = False,
                 force: bool = False,
                 allow_missing: bool = False,
                 backfill=''):
        super().__init__(self, dataset, updater,start_date, end_date,fill_missing_only,total_sync,force,allow_missing,backfill)

Is there a way to remove this and have the subclass call the base's init() method automatically?

Answer 1

I see two possibilities:

• Just omit the __init__ method in the subclass - if you don't in fact override anything.

• Use

  def __init__(*args, **kwargs):
      super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
  

  if you do some other things besides the super().__init__ call but don't need all arguments.