diff --git a/include/huffman.hpp b/include/huffman.hpp
index 7233f6e6a..a943256d4 100644
--- a/include/huffman.hpp
+++ b/include/huffman.hpp
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ template <typename Symbol> class HuffmanCode {
   HuffmanCode(const std::pair<Symbol, Symbol> &endpoints, const It begin,
               const It end);
 
-  //! Smallest and largest symbols (inclusive) to receive codewords.
+  //! Smallest and largest symbols (inclusive) eligible for codewords.
   std::pair<Symbol, Symbol> endpoints;
 
-  //! Number of symbols that will be assigned codewords (including one for the
-  //! 'missed' symbol).
+  //! Number of symbols eligible for codewords (including one for the 'missed'
+  //! symbol).
   std::size_t ncodewords;
 
   //! Frequencies of the symbols in the input stream.
@@ -179,10 +179,16 @@ template <typename Symbol> class HuffmanCode {
   //! Codewords associated to the symbols.
   std::vector<HuffmanCodeword> codewords;
 
+  //! Report the number of symbols in the stream.
+  std::size_t nsymbols() const;
+
   //! Report the number of out-of-range symbols encountered in the stream or
   //! given in the frequency table pairs.
   std::size_t nmissed() const;
 
+  //! Report the size in bits of the encoded stream.
+  std::size_t nbits_hit() const;
+
   //! Check whether a symbol is eligible for a codeword.
   bool out_of_range(const Symbol symbol) const;
 
diff --git a/include/huffman.tpp b/include/huffman.tpp
index 64e506051..29239ac0f 100644
--- a/include/huffman.tpp
+++ b/include/huffman.tpp
@@ -149,10 +149,23 @@ HuffmanCode<Symbol>::HuffmanCode(const std::pair<Symbol, Symbol> &endpoints,
   recursively_set_codewords(queue.top(), {});
 }
 
+template <typename Symbol> std::size_t HuffmanCode<Symbol>::nsymbols() const {
+  return std::accumulate(frequencies.begin(), frequencies.end(),
+                         static_cast<std::size_t>(0));
+}
+
 template <typename Symbol> std::size_t HuffmanCode<Symbol>::nmissed() const {
   return frequencies.at(0);
 }
 
+template <typename Symbol> std::size_t HuffmanCode<Symbol>::nbits_hit() const {
+  std::size_t nbits = 0;
+  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < ncodewords; ++i) {
+    nbits += frequencies.at(i) * codewords.at(i).length;
+  }
+  return nbits;
+}
+
 template <typename Symbol>
 bool HuffmanCode<Symbol>::out_of_range(const Symbol symbol) const {
   return symbol < endpoints.first or symbol > endpoints.second;
@@ -403,13 +416,7 @@ MemoryBuffer<unsigned char> huffman_encode(Symbol const *const begin,
                                            const std::size_t n) {
   const HuffmanCode<Symbol> code(begin, begin + n);
 
-  std::vector<std::size_t> lengths;
-  for (const HuffmanCodeword &codeword : code.codewords) {
-    lengths.push_back(codeword.length);
-  }
-  const std::size_t nbits =
-      std::inner_product(code.frequencies.begin(), code.frequencies.end(),
-                         lengths.begin(), static_cast<std::size_t>(0));
+  const std::size_t nbits = code.nbits_hit();
   const std::size_t nbytes_hit = (nbits + CHAR_BIT - 1) / CHAR_BIT;
 
   pb::HuffmanHeader header;
@@ -568,11 +575,8 @@ MemoryBuffer<Symbol> huffman_decode(const MemoryBuffer<unsigned char> &buffer) {
   const HuffmanCode<Symbol> code(endpoints,
                                  chained_frequency_supertable.begin(),
                                  chained_frequency_supertable.end());
-  // TODO: Maybe add a member function for this.
-  const std::size_t nout =
-      std::accumulate(code.frequencies.begin(), code.frequencies.end(),
-                      static_cast<std::size_t>(0));
-  MemoryBuffer<Symbol> out(nout);
+  const std::size_t nsymbols = code.nsymbols();
+  MemoryBuffer<Symbol> out(nsymbols);
   Symbol *q = out.data.get();
 
   const Bits bits(window.current, window.current + nbits / CHAR_BIT,
@@ -581,7 +585,7 @@ MemoryBuffer<Symbol> huffman_decode(const MemoryBuffer<unsigned char> &buffer) {
   const typename HuffmanCode<Symbol>::Node root = code.queue.top();
   assert(root);
   Bits::iterator b = bits.begin();
-  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < nout; ++i) {
+  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < nsymbols; ++i) {
     typename HuffmanCode<Symbol>::Node node;
     for (node = root; node->left;
          node = *b++ ? node->right : node->left, ++nbits_read)
diff --git a/src/huffman.cpp b/src/huffman.cpp
index a9f9fbca1..2f771c396 100644
--- a/src/huffman.cpp
+++ b/src/huffman.cpp
@@ -248,13 +248,7 @@ HuffmanEncodedStream huffman_encoding(long int const *const quantized_data,
   const HuffmanCode<Symbol> code(nql_endpoints, quantized_data,
                                  quantized_data + n);
 
-  std::vector<std::size_t> lengths;
-  for (const HuffmanCodeword &codeword : code.codewords) {
-    lengths.push_back(codeword.length);
-  }
-  const std::size_t nbits =
-      std::inner_product(code.frequencies.begin(), code.frequencies.end(),
-                         lengths.begin(), static_cast<std::size_t>(0));
+  const std::size_t nbits = code.nbits_hit();
   const std::size_t nnz =
       code.ncodewords -
       std::count(code.frequencies.begin(), code.frequencies.end(), 0);