> Last time I was going to try it, I got sidetracked reading up on rules for identifier equality

It's way too easy to ignore (or even embrace) the identifier equality rules in Nim to make this the hill you die on. My story's very similar to other responses - I've been using Nim for quite a while and these identifier rules have never been an issue.

I strongly suggest anyone hung up on this monster under the bed try Nim anyway as it's really pleasant to use. It's sad that all Nim's benefits are sometimes drowned by mostly unfounded hangups on this identifier thing.