diff --git a/src/V3Number.cpp b/src/V3Number.cpp
index 8861cde38..4d3653f76 100644
--- a/src/V3Number.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Number.cpp
@@ -124,10 +124,8 @@ V3Number::V3Number(AstNode* nodep, const AstNodeDType* nodedtypep) {
     }
 }
 
-void V3Number::V3NumberCreate(AstNode* nodep, const char* sourcep, FileLine* fl) {
-    init(nodep, 0);
+void V3Number::create(const char* sourcep) {
     m_data.setLogic();
-    m_fileline = fl;
     const char* value_startp = sourcep;
     for (const char* cp = sourcep; *cp; cp++) {
         if (*cp == '\'') {
@@ -369,7 +367,7 @@ void V3Number::V3NumberCreate(AstNode* nodep, const char* sourcep, FileLine* fl)
     // m_value[0]);
 }
 
-void V3Number::setNames(AstNode* nodep) {
+void V3Number::nodep(AstNode* nodep) {
     m_nodep = nodep;
     if (!nodep) return;
     m_fileline = nodep->fileline();
diff --git a/src/V3Number.h b/src/V3Number.h
index 82bfeacdf..7e4ec09c1 100644
--- a/src/V3Number.h
+++ b/src/V3Number.h
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ class V3Number final {
 
     // MEMBERS
     V3NumberData m_data;
-    AstNode* m_nodep = nullptr;  // Parent node
-    FileLine* m_fileline = nullptr;
+    AstNode* m_nodep = nullptr;  // Parent node - for error reporting only
+    FileLine* m_fileline = nullptr;  // Source location - if no parent node is reasonable
 
     // METHODS
     V3Number& setSingleBits(char value);
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class V3Number final {
     void opCleanThis(bool warnOnTruncation = false);
 
 public:
-    void nodep(AstNode* nodep) { setNames(nodep); }
+    void nodep(AstNode* nodep);
     FileLine* fileline() const { return m_fileline; }
     V3Number& setZero();
     V3Number& setQuad(uint64_t value);
@@ -473,11 +473,8 @@ public:
         opCleanThis();
     }
     // Create from a verilog 32'hxxxx number.
-    V3Number(AstNode* nodep, const char* sourcep) { V3NumberCreate(nodep, sourcep, nullptr); }
-    class FileLined {};  // Fileline based errors, for parsing only, otherwise pass nodep
-    V3Number(FileLined, FileLine* fl, const char* sourcep) {
-        V3NumberCreate(nullptr, sourcep, fl);
-    }
+    V3Number(AstNode* nodep, const char* sourcep) { create(nodep, sourcep); }
+    V3Number(FileLine* flp, const char* sourcep) { create(flp, sourcep); }
     class VerilogStringLiteral {};  // For creator type-overload selection
     V3Number(VerilogStringLiteral, AstNode* nodep, const string& str);
     class String {};
@@ -518,9 +515,19 @@ public:
     ~V3Number() {}
 
 private:
-    void V3NumberCreate(AstNode* nodep, const char* sourcep, FileLine* fl);
+    void create(AstNode* nodep, const char* sourcep) {
+        init(nodep, 0);
+        m_fileline = nullptr;
+        create(sourcep);
+    }
+    void create(FileLine* flp, const char* sourcep) {
+        init(nullptr, 0);
+        m_fileline = flp;
+        create(sourcep);
+    }
+    void create(const char* sourcep);
     void init(AstNode* nodep, int swidth = -1, bool sized = true) {
-        setNames(nodep);
+        this->nodep(nodep);
         if (swidth >= 0) {
             if (swidth == 0) {
                 swidth = 1;
@@ -535,7 +542,6 @@ private:
             m_data.m_sized = false;
         }
     }
-    void setNames(AstNode* nodep);
     static string displayPad(size_t fmtsize, char pad, bool left, const string& in);
     string displayed(FileLine* fl, const string& vformat) const;
     string displayed(const string& vformat) const { return displayed(m_fileline, vformat); }
diff --git a/src/V3ParseImp.h b/src/V3ParseImp.h
index 54c4ab080..9e3303923 100644
--- a/src/V3ParseImp.h
+++ b/src/V3ParseImp.h
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ public:
         m_stringps.push_back(strp);
         return strp;
     }
-    V3Number* newNumber(FileLine* fl, const char* text) {
-        V3Number* nump = new V3Number(V3Number::FileLined(), fl, text);
+    V3Number* newNumber(FileLine* flp, const char* text) {
+        V3Number* nump = new V3Number(flp, text);
         m_numberps.push_back(nump);
         return nump;
     }