Re: Wheter to return `super init' or allow the implicit self to be returned instead

Welcome Luis

Maybe, you were reading the GNU Smalltalk User's Guide. If so, at section
6.4.4 (Defining an intance method) you may find the following text:
  ``For clarity of programming, you might consider explicitly returning
self in cases where you intend the return value to be used.''

In my opinion, the statements:
  ^self
  ^super init
are fine when one wants to stress his intention to return `self'.

To answer your question: There are no preferences among programmers. Wheter
to return or not is up to you and your intentions.