diff --git a/lib/spanned_sexp/src/error.rs b/lib/spanned_sexp/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4cdca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spanned_sexp/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+use std::{cmp, fmt};
+
+/// The representation of an s-expression parse error.
+pub struct Error {
+    /// The error message.
+    pub message: &'static str,
+    /// The line number on which the error occurred.
+    pub line: usize,
+    /// The column number on which the error occurred.
+    pub column: usize,
+    /// The index in the given string which caused the error.
+    pub index: usize,
+}
+
+/// Since errors are the uncommon case, they're boxed. This keeps the size of
+/// structs down, which helps performance in the common case.
+///
+/// For example, an `ERes<()>` becomes 8 bytes, instead of the 24 bytes it would
+/// be if `Err` were unboxed.
+type Err = Box<Error>;
+
+/// Helps clean up type signatures, but shouldn't be exposed to the outside
+/// world.
+pub(crate) type ERes<T> = Result<T, Err>;
+
+impl fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
+        write!(f, "{}:{}: {}", self.line, self.column, self.message)
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
+        write!(f, "{}", self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+
+pub(crate) fn get_line_and_column(s: &str, pos: usize) -> (usize, usize) {
+    let mut line: usize = 1;
+    let mut col: isize = -1;
+    for c in s.chars().take(pos + 1) {
+        if c == '\n' {
+            line += 1;
+            col = -1;
+        } else {
+            col += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    (line, cmp::max(col, 0) as usize)
+}
+
+#[cold]
+fn err_impl(message: &'static str, s: &str, pos: &usize) -> Err {
+    let (line, column) = get_line_and_column(s, *pos);
+    Box::new(Error {
+        message: message,
+        line: line,
+        column: column,
+        index: *pos,
+    })
+}
+
+/// Build an error with span information
+pub(crate) fn err<T>(message: &'static str, s: &str, pos: &usize) -> ERes<T> {
+    Err(err_impl(message, s, pos))
+}
diff --git a/lib/spanned_sexp/src/lib.rs b/lib/spanned_sexp/src/lib.rs
index 23b0789..35dee98 100644
--- a/lib/spanned_sexp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/spanned_sexp/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@
 extern crate log;
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
-use std::cmp;
-use std::error;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::str::{self, FromStr};
 
+pub use error::Error;
+use error::{ERes, err};
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test;
 
+mod error;
+
 /// A single data element in an s-expression. Floats are excluded to ensure
 /// atoms may be used as keys in ordered and hashed data structures.
 ///
@@ -38,75 +41,6 @@ pub enum Sexp {
     List(Vec<Sexp>),
 }
 
-/// The representation of an s-expression parse error.
-pub struct Error {
-    /// The error message.
-    pub message: &'static str,
-    /// The line number on which the error occurred.
-    pub line: usize,
-    /// The column number on which the error occurred.
-    pub column: usize,
-    /// The index in the given string which caused the error.
-    pub index: usize,
-}
-
-impl error::Error for Error {
-    fn description(&self) -> &str { self.message }
-    fn cause(&self) -> Option<&dyn error::Error> { None }
-}
-
-/// Since errors are the uncommon case, they're boxed. This keeps the size of
-/// structs down, which helps performance in the common case.
-///
-/// For example, an `ERes<()>` becomes 8 bytes, instead of the 24 bytes it would
-/// be if `Err` were unboxed.
-type Err = Box<Error>;
-
-/// Helps clean up type signatures, but shouldn't be exposed to the outside
-/// world.
-type ERes<T> = Result<T, Err>;
-
-impl fmt::Display for Error {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
-        write!(f, "{}:{}: {}", self.line, self.column, self.message)
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Debug for Error {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
-        write!(f, "{}", self)
-    }
-}
-
-fn get_line_and_column(s: &str, pos: usize) -> (usize, usize) {
-    let mut line: usize = 1;
-    let mut col: isize = -1;
-    for c in s.chars().take(pos + 1) {
-        if c == '\n' {
-            line += 1;
-            col = -1;
-        } else {
-            col += 1;
-        }
-    }
-    (line, cmp::max(col, 0) as usize)
-}
-
-
-#[cold]
-fn err_impl(message: &'static str, s: &str, pos: &usize) -> Err {
-    let (line, column) = get_line_and_column(s, *pos);
-    Box::new(Error {
-        message: message,
-        line: line,
-        column: column,
-        index: *pos,
-    })
-}
-
-fn err<T>(message: &'static str, s: &str, pos: &usize) -> ERes<T> {
-    Err(err_impl(message, s, pos))
-}
 
 fn atom_of_string(s: String) -> Atom {
     match FromStr::from_str(&s) {
@@ -281,7 +215,7 @@ pub fn parse(s: &str) -> Result<Sexp, Box<Error>> {
 }
 
 // TODO: Pretty print in lisp convention, instead of all on the same line,
-// packed as tightly as possible. It's kinda ugly.
+//  packed as tightly as possible. It's kinda ugly.
 
 fn is_num_string(s: &str) -> bool {
     let x: Result<i64, _> = FromStr::from_str(&s);
diff --git a/lib/spanned_sexp/src/test.rs b/lib/spanned_sexp/src/test.rs
index 2ed1e98..ec6c23c 100644
--- a/lib/spanned_sexp/src/test.rs
+++ b/lib/spanned_sexp/src/test.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use super::*;
+use super::error::get_line_and_column;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_hello_world() {