Swift’s superclass initialisation rules are complex, so it’s hard to answer questions like this without seeing a concrete example. Anyway, I most commonly see folks hit this when they’re creating a Cocoa view, so let’s look at that: import AppKit class MyView: NSView { var counter: Int override init(frame: NSRect) { self.counter = 0 super.init(frame: frame) } required init?(coder: NSCoder) { super.init(coder: coder) // ^ Property 'self.counter' not initialized at super.init call self.counter = 0 // A } } This fails because you have to initialise counter before calling super. Moving line A up a line fixes the problem. If you have an example of the other behaviour, please share it. Oh, and this was Xcode 26.2 with the macOS 26.2 SDK. Share and Enjoy — Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple let myEmail = eskimo + 1 + @ + apple.com
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