stop including padding

use it as a helper module

lib/register/assembler.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ module Register
   #  functions on the objects, but now it has gone to a visitor pattern.
 
   class Assembler
-    include Padding
     include Logging
     log_level :info
 
@@ -261,7 +260,7 @@ module Register
     # pad_after is always in bytes and pads (writes 0's) up to the next 8 word boundary
     def pad_after length
       before = stream_position
-      pad = padding_for(length) - 4  # four is for the MARKER we write
+      pad = Padding.padding_for(length) - 4  # four is for the MARKER we write
       pad.times do
         @stream.write_unsigned_int_8(0)
       end

lib/register/padding.rb

@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ module Padding
 
   # objects only come in lengths of multiple of 8 words / 32 bytes
   # and there is a "hidden" 1 word that is used for debug/check memory corruption
-  def padded len
+  def self.padded( len )
     a = 32 * (1 + (len + 3)/32 )
     #puts "#{a} for #{len}"
     a
   end
 
-  def padded_words words
+  def self.padded_words( words )
     padded(words*4) # 4 == word length, a constant waiting for a home
   end
 
-  def padding_for length
+  def self.padding_for( length )
     pad = padded(length) - length  # for header, type
     pad
   end