diff --git a/R/parse.R b/R/parse.R
index bc102f2..b020c36 100644
--- a/R/parse.R
+++ b/R/parse.R
@@ -4,35 +4,3 @@ odin_parse <- function(expr, input_type = NULL) {
   exprs <- lapply(dat$exprs, function(x) parse_expr(x$value, x, call = call))
   NULL
 }
-
-
-odin_parse_error <- function(msg, src, call, ...,
-                             .envir = parent.frame()) {
-  if (!is.null(names(src))) {
-    src <- list(src)
-  }
-  cli::cli_abort(msg,
-                 class = "odin_parse_error",
-                 src = src,
-                 call = call,
-                 ...,
-                 .envir = .envir)
-}
-
-
-##' @importFrom rlang cnd_footer
-##' @export
-cnd_footer.odin_parse_error <- function(cnd, ...) {
-  ## TODO: later, we might want to point at specific bits of the error
-  ## and say "here, this is where you are wrong" but that's not done
-  ## yet...
-  src <- cnd$src
-  if (is.null(src[[1]]$str)) {
-    context <- unlist(lapply(cnd$src, function(x) deparse1(x$value)))
-  } else {
-    line <- unlist(lapply(src, function(x) seq(x$start, x$end)))
-    src <- unlist(lapply(src, "[[", "str"))
-    context <- sprintf("%s| %s", gsub(" ", "\u00a0", format(line)), src)
-  }
-  c(">" = "Context:", context)
-}
diff --git a/R/parse_error.R b/R/parse_error.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dfc018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/parse_error.R
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+odin_parse_error <- function(msg, src, call, ...,
+                             .envir = parent.frame()) {
+  if (!is.null(names(src))) {
+    src <- list(src)
+  }
+  cli::cli_abort(msg,
+                 class = "odin_parse_error",
+                 src = src,
+                 call = call,
+                 ...,
+                 .envir = .envir)
+}
+
+
+##' @importFrom rlang cnd_footer
+##' @export
+cnd_footer.odin_parse_error <- function(cnd, ...) {
+  ## TODO: later, we might want to point at specific bits of the error
+  ## and say "here, this is where you are wrong" but that's not done
+  ## yet...
+  src <- cnd$src
+  if (is.null(src[[1]]$str)) {
+    context <- unlist(lapply(cnd$src, function(x) deparse1(x$value)))
+  } else {
+    line <- unlist(lapply(src, function(x) seq(x$start, x$end)))
+    src <- unlist(lapply(src, "[[", "str"))
+    context <- sprintf("%s| %s", gsub(" ", "\u00a0", format(line)), src)
+  }
+  c(">" = "Context:", context)
+}