Avoid specifying all arguments in a subclass

Question

I have a class:

class A(object):
    def __init__(self,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,...........,x,y,z)
        #do some init stuff

And I have a subclass w

Answer 1

Considering that arguments could be passed either by name or by position, I'd code:

class B(A):
    def __init__(self, *a, **k):
      if 'W' in k:
        w = k.pop('W')
      else:
        w = a.pop()
      A.__init__(self, *a, **k)
      self._W = w