我认为你永远不应该使用异常来控制正常的程序流程。但是，当某些值与所需值不匹配时，应该抛出异常。

例如，如果某个函数接受一个值，并且该值永远不允许为nil，那么就可以抛出一个异常，而不是尝试做一些“聪明”的事情……

Ries

我使用[NSException raise:format:]如下所示:

[NSException raise:@"Invalid foo value" format:@"foo of %d is invalid", foo];

@throw([NSException exceptionWith…])

Xcode将@throw语句识别为函数出口点，就像return语句一样。使用@throw语法可以避免错误的“Control may reach end of non-void function”警告，你可能会从[NSException raise:…]得到这种警告。

同样，@throw也可以用来抛出不属于NSException类的对象。

只有在发现自己处于指示编程错误的情况下，并希望停止应用程序运行时，才应该抛出异常。因此，抛出异常的最好方法是使用NSAssert和NSParameterAssert宏，并确保没有定义NS_BLOCK_ASSERTIONS。

这是我从“大书呆子牧场指南(第四版)”中学到的：

@throw [NSException exceptionWithName:@"Something is not right exception"
                               reason:@"Can't perform this operation because of this or that"
                             userInfo:nil];

Regarding [NSException raise:format:]. For those coming from a Java background, you will recall that Java distinguishes between Exception and RuntimeException. Exception is a checked exception, and RuntimeException is unchecked. In particular, Java suggests using checked exceptions for "normal error conditions" and unchecked exceptions for "runtime errors caused by a programmer error." It seems that Objective-C exceptions should be used in the same places you would use an unchecked exception, and error code return values or NSError values are preferred in places where you would use a checked exception.