Why not throw an exception if [super init] returns nil?

Question

This is considered typical

- (id)init {
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        // <#initializations#>
    }
    return self;
}

Answer 1

No, exceptions in Objective-C are meant for states which you can't really recover from, not just something to show that an operation failed. If you initializer fails, simply return nil to show it.