No, it isn't. `*` after a name means that the variable/function/type/etc. is public and can be seen/used when you import a module. So the whole expression just

No, it isn't. `*` after a name means that the variable/function/type/etc. is public and can be seen/used when you import a module. So the whole expression just means "a public constant string (automatically inferred type) named `hand`".