lol. fair. me too.
i agree the Hand(string) constructor for distinct types is an attractive
nuisance. we can get rid of that. but you'll have to have the self-control not
to use `cast`.
what you can do is, put your Hand type, and its constructor in a separate
module, and only export the type and its constructor.
#hand.nim
type Hand* = object
val: string
proc init*(t:typedesc[Hand],s:string):Hand = #...validate...#
Run
then when you
#main.nim
import hand
let x = Hand(val: "INVALID") #static error, the field 'val' is not
accessible
let y = Hand.init("INVALID") #runtime error
Run
