a lot of work to get one more test to pass

lib/virtual/constants.rb

@@ -28,28 +28,18 @@ module Virtual
   
   class StringConstant < ObjectConstant
     attr_reader :string
-    # currently aligned to 4 (ie padded with 0) and off course 0 at the end
+    def attributes 
+      [:string]
+    end
     def initialize str
-      str = str.to_s if str.is_a? Symbol
-      length = str.length 
-      # rounding up to the next 4 (always adding one for zero pad)
-      pad =  ((length / 4 ) + 1 ) * 4 - length
-      raise "#{pad} #{self}" unless pad >= 1
-      @string = str + " " * pad
+      @string = str
     end
 
     def result= value
       class_for(MoveInstruction).new(value , self , :opcode => :mov)
     end
-
-    # the strings length plus padding
-    def length
-      string.length
-    end
-    
-    # just writing the string
-    def assemble(io)
-      io << string
+    def inspect
+      self.class.name + ".new('#{@string}')"
     end
   end
   

lib/virtual/integer.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-module Vm
+require_relative "value"
+
+module Virtual
   class Integer < Value
 
     def initialize

lib/virtual/machine.rb

@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ module Virtual
   # that the the model is such that what is a variable in ruby, never ends up being just on the pysical stack.
   # 
   class Machine
-    # the main machine is the one that runs on the main thread, if it exists or receives an uncaught exception, that's it.
-    def self.main
-      @main  || @main = Machine.new
-    end
 
     def initialize
       the_end = Halt.new
@@ -62,3 +58,4 @@ require_relative "value"
 require_relative "mystery"
 require_relative "object"
 require_relative "constants"
+require "boot/boot_space"

lib/virtual/method.rb

@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ module Virtual
     def Method.main
       Method.new(:main)
     end
-    def initialize name , args = []
+    def initialize name , args = [] , receiver = Virtual::Reference  , return_type = Virtual::Reference 
       @name = name
       @args = args
       @locals = []
+      @receiver = receiver
+      @return_type = return_type
       @start = MethodEnter.new
       @current = @start
     end

lib/virtual/object.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+module Boot
+  class BootSoace
+  end
+end
 module Virtual
   # our machine is made up of objects, some of which are code, some data
   #
@@ -21,6 +25,14 @@ module Virtual
       end
       return true
     end
+
+    def self.space
+      if defined? @@space
+        @@space
+      else
+        @@space = ::Boot::BootSpace.new
+      end
+    end
   end
   
   class Layout < Object
@@ -38,5 +50,7 @@ module Virtual
       @super_class = sup
     end
   end
-
 end
+
+require_relative "integer"
+require_relative "reference"

lib/virtual/reference.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-module Vm
+require_relative "value"
+
+module Virtual
   class Reference < Value
 
     def initialize clazz = nil