diff --git a/src/parse.rs b/src/parse.rs
index afdbba38e5..3f00deaf50 100644
--- a/src/parse.rs
+++ b/src/parse.rs
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ fn find_class(classes: NamedClasses, name: &str) -> Option<Vec<(char, char)>> {
 }
 
 type Class = &'static [(char, char)];
-type NamedClasses = &'static [(&'static str, &'static Class)];
+type NamedClasses = &'static [(&'static str, Class)];
 
 static ASCII_CLASSES: NamedClasses = &[
     // Classes must be in alphabetical order so that bsearch works.
@@ -1071,18 +1071,18 @@ static ASCII_CLASSES: NamedClasses = &[
     ("xdigit", &XDIGIT),
 ];
 
-static ALNUM: Class = &[('0', '9'), ('A', 'Z'), ('a', 'z')];
-static ALPHA: Class = &[('A', 'Z'), ('a', 'z')];
-static ASCII: Class = &[('\x00', '\x7F')];
-static BLANK: Class = &[(' ', ' '), ('\t', '\t')];
-static CNTRL: Class = &[('\x00', '\x1F'), ('\x7F', '\x7F')];
-static DIGIT: Class = &[('0', '9')];
-static GRAPH: Class = &[('!', '~')];
-static LOWER: Class = &[('a', 'z')];
-static PRINT: Class = &[(' ', '~')];
-static PUNCT: Class = &[('!', '/'), (':', '@'), ('[', '`'), ('{', '~')];
-static SPACE: Class = &[('\t', '\t'), ('\n', '\n'), ('\x0B', '\x0B'),
+const ALNUM: Class = &[('0', '9'), ('A', 'Z'), ('a', 'z')];
+const ALPHA: Class = &[('A', 'Z'), ('a', 'z')];
+const ASCII: Class = &[('\x00', '\x7F')];
+const BLANK: Class = &[(' ', ' '), ('\t', '\t')];
+const CNTRL: Class = &[('\x00', '\x1F'), ('\x7F', '\x7F')];
+const DIGIT: Class = &[('0', '9')];
+const GRAPH: Class = &[('!', '~')];
+const LOWER: Class = &[('a', 'z')];
+const PRINT: Class = &[(' ', '~')];
+const PUNCT: Class = &[('!', '/'), (':', '@'), ('[', '`'), ('{', '~')];
+const SPACE: Class = &[('\t', '\t'), ('\n', '\n'), ('\x0B', '\x0B'),
                         ('\x0C', '\x0C'), ('\r', '\r'), (' ', ' ')];
-static UPPER: Class = &[('A', 'Z')];
-static WORD: Class = &[('0', '9'), ('A', 'Z'), ('a', 'z'), ('_', '_')];
-static XDIGIT: Class = &[('0', '9'), ('A', 'F'), ('a', 'f')];
+const UPPER: Class = &[('A', 'Z')];
+const WORD: Class = &[('0', '9'), ('A', 'Z'), ('a', 'z'), ('_', '_')];
+const XDIGIT: Class = &[('0', '9'), ('A', 'F'), ('a', 'f')];
diff --git a/src/re.rs b/src/re.rs
index 81e48344a8..50736c2da1 100644
--- a/src/re.rs
+++ b/src/re.rs
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ impl<'r, 't> Iterator for FindMatches<'r, 't> {
     }
 }
 
-struct RegexSearcher<'r, 't> {
+pub struct RegexSearcher<'r, 't> {
     it: FindMatches<'r, 't>,
     last_step_end: usize,
     next_match: Option<(usize, usize)>,