[Python] Python dataclasses, inheritance and alternate class constructors

In Python, I am using dataclass with the following class hierarchy:

from dataclasses import dataclass

@dataclass
class Foo:
id: str

@classmethod
def fromRaw(cls, raw: dict[str, str]) -> 'Foo':
return Foo(raw['id'])

@dataclass
class Bar(Foo):
name: str

@classmethod
def fromRaw(cls, raw: dict[str, str]) -> 'Bar':
return Bar(raw['id'], raw['name'])


However, it feels a bit double to instantiate all Foo members manually again in Bar::fromRaw().

Is there a better way to re-use the ancestor's alternate constructor for example?

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