[Objective-C] Primitive question, (void) init method.

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Hi, I have a question in Objective-C. I'm using init method Apple recommended style.

- (id)initMyClass: (int)a
{
   if (self = [super init])
   {
       // a...
   }
   return self;
}

Init method returns own object pointer. Then, if the object will not be refered from any objects, can empty return method(void) be better?

- (void)initMyClass: (int)a
{
  if ([super init] != nil)
  {
      // a...
  }
}

I want to know about that, if init method doesn't return self, what problem will occur?

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