instancetype is implicit for init (and related methods): http://stackoverflow.com/a/14652187 http://stackoverflow.com/a/14652187 The clang link seems to confir

instancetype is implicit for init (and related methods): http://stackoverflow.com/a/14652187 http://stackoverflow.com/a/14652187 The clang link seems to confirm that it doesn't even make a difference to throw @protocols into the mix, it only seems to consider the method name.