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Most subclasses add instance variables. Objects initialized using initializer methods inherited from superclasses will only be partially initialized. Therefore you should override all initializers to avoid accidentally creating a partially initialized object. However unless there is a reasonable default for all instance variables this may not be possible. In such cases, one usually overrides the initializer by a method returning nil. However it is difficult to debug nil-errors. A better solution is to override the method to invoke doesNotRecognizeSelector: Since _cmd is always the current method’s selector one can use the same method body. For instance:


- (id) init
{ [self doesNotRecognizeSelector:_cmd]; return nil; }