introducing references

lib/boot/meta_class.rb

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module Boot
     
     # in a non-booting version this should map to _add_singleton_method
     def add_function function
-      raise "not a function #{function}" unless function.is_a? Function
+      raise "not a function #{function}" unless function.is_a? Vm::Function
       raise "syserr " unless function.name.is_a? Symbol
       @functions << function
     end

lib/boot/object.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ module Boot
         return index_function
       end
 
+      def self.layout
+        layout_function = Vm::Function.new(:layout , Vm::Reference , [ ] , Vm::Reference )
+        layout_function.at_index 2
+        layout_function
+      end
 
       # in ruby, how this goes is   
       #  def _get_instance_variable var