Dataclasses with keyword only arguments, allowing for inheritance with defaults (tested with 3.6 backport)

dataclasses_keyword_only.py

import dataclasses


def _init_fn(fields, frozen, has_post_init, self_name):
    # fields contains both real fields and InitVar pseudo-fields.
    globals = {'MISSING': dataclasses.MISSING,
               '_HAS_DEFAULT_FACTORY': dataclasses._HAS_DEFAULT_FACTORY}

    body_lines = []
    for f in fields:
        line = dataclasses._field_init(f, frozen, globals, self_name)
        # line is None means that this field doesn't require
        # initialization (it's a pseudo-field).  Just skip it.
        if line:
            body_lines.append(line)

    # Does this class have a post-init function?
    if has_post_init:
        params_str = ','.join(f.name for f in fields
                              if f._field_type is dataclasses._FIELD_INITVAR)
        body_lines.append(f'{self_name}.{dataclasses._POST_INIT_NAME}({params_str})')

    # If no body lines, use 'pass'.
    if not body_lines:
        body_lines = ['pass']

    locals = {f'_type_{f.name}': f.type for f in fields}
    return dataclasses._create_fn('__init__',
                      [self_name, '*'] + [dataclasses._init_param(f) for f in fields if f.init],
                      body_lines,
                      locals=locals,
                      globals=globals,
                      return_type=None)


def add_init(cls, frozen):
    fields = getattr(cls, dataclasses._FIELDS)

    # Does this class have a post-init function?
    has_post_init = hasattr(cls, dataclasses._POST_INIT_NAME)

    # Include InitVars and regular fields (so, not ClassVars).
    flds = [f for f in fields.values()
            if f._field_type in (dataclasses._FIELD, dataclasses._FIELD_INITVAR)]
    dataclasses._set_new_attribute(cls, '__init__',
                       _init_fn(flds,
                                frozen,
                                has_post_init,
                                # The name to use for the "self"
                                # param in __init__.  Use "self"
                                # if possible.
                                '__dataclass_self__' if 'self' in fields
                                else 'self',
                                ))

    return cls


# a dataclass with a constructor that only takes keyword arguments
def dataclass_keyword_only(_cls=None, *, repr=True, eq=True, order=False,
              unsafe_hash=False, frozen=False):
    def wrap(cls):
        cls = dataclasses.dataclass(
            cls, init=False, repr=repr, eq=eq, order=order, unsafe_hash=unsafe_hash, frozen=frozen)
        return add_init(cls, frozen)

    # See if we're being called as @dataclass or @dataclass().
    if _cls is None:
        # We're called with parens.
        return wrap

    # We're called as @dataclass without parens.
    return wrap(_cls)