also giving word it's length

still hacked as char per word, but should be easy enough to fix when…

lib/register/boot.rb

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module Register
     # unfortuantely that constant condenses every detail about the system, class names
     # and all instance variable names. Really have to find a better way
     def layout_names
-       {  :Word => [] ,
+       {  :Word => [:char_length] ,
           :List => [:indexed_length] ,
           # Assumtion is that name is the last of message
           :Message => [:next_message , :receiver , :frame , :return_address , :return_value,

lib/register/collector.rb

@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ module Register
       end
       layout = object.get_layout
       keep(layout  , depth + 1)
+      return if object.is_a? Symbol
       layout.object_instance_names.each do |name|
-        #puts "Keep #{name}"
+        #puts "Keep #{name} for #{object.class}"
         inst = object.get_instance_variable name
         keep(inst , depth + 1)
       end