How do I emulate ruby's super() for a subclass object's constructor.

[DMisener]

Thanks @doofenstein... that works just fine and requires no _magic_. I like it 🙂

I also really appreciate the feedback on _Obj_ suffix.

The resulting exemplar now looks like:
    
    
    type
      Parent* = ref object of RootObj
        parentField: int
      
      Child* = ref object of Parent
        childField: string
    
    # Split the initialization and object creation!
    proc initParent(parent: Parent, value = 123) =
      parent.parentField = value
    
    proc newParent*(value: int): Parent =
      new result
      result.initParent value
    
    proc newChild*(value: string): Child =
      new result
      result.initParent 321
      result.childField = value
    
    var child = newChild "ABC"
    echo "child parentField: ", child.parentField
    echo "child childField:  ", child.childField
    
    
    Run

which generates the expected:
    
    
    child parentField: 321
    child childField:  ABC
    
    
    Run