Class with too many parameters: better design strategy?

Question

I am working with models of neurons. One class I am designing is a cell class which is a topological description of a neuron (several compartments connected together). It ha

Answer 1

This is similar to the other solutions that iterate through a default dictionary, but it uses a more compact notation:

class MyClass(object):

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.__dict__.update(dict(
            arg1=123,
            arg2=345,
            arg3=678,
        ), **kwargs)