more symbol related fixes

test/helper.rb

@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'test'))
 
 require 'salama'
 
+module Virtual
+  # Functions to generate parfait objects
+  def self.new_word( string )
+    string = string.to_s if string.is_a? Symbol
+    word = Parfait::Word.new_object( string.length )
+    string.codepoints.each_with_index do |code , index |
+      word.set_char(index + 1 , code)
+    end
+    word
+  end
+end
+
 class Ignored
   def == other
     return false unless other.class == self.class

test/virtual/virtual_helper.rb

@@ -28,17 +28,7 @@ module VirtualHelper
   end
 
 end
-module Virtual
-  # Functions to generate parfait objects
-  def self.new_word( string )
-    string = string.to_s if string.is_a? Symbol
-    word = Parfait::Word.new_object( string.length )
-    string.codepoints.each_with_index do |code , index |
-      word.set_char(index + 1 , code)
-    end
-    word
-  end
-end
+
 class UnusedSofEquality
   # simple thought: don't recurse for Blocks, just check their names
   def == other