This is probably not applicable to what you are trying to do, but maybe you
want to use a reference instead?
type Person = ref object
first, last: string
let person1 = Person(first: "John", last: "Doe") # calls `new` implicitly
for ref types
echo person1.first, " ", person1.last
let person2 = person1
echo person1 == person2 # true
that's now heap allocated and gives you a pointer traced by the GC.
`=` merely copies that pointer and does not create a new instance.
new instances can only be created with `new` or the object constructor.
