diff --git a/src/V3AstNodes.cpp b/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
index f44f61b55..59cb70729 100644
--- a/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
+++ b/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ void AstNode::dump(std::ostream& str) {
     }
     if (name()!="") {
         if (VN_IS(this, Const)) str<<"  "<<name();  // Already quoted
-	else str<<"  "<<V3Number::quoteNameControls(name());
+        else str<<"  "<<V3OutFormatter::quoteNameControls(name());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/V3EmitV.cpp b/src/V3EmitV.cpp
index d84d33a9b..6530c6bc5 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitV.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitV.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class EmitVBaseVisitor : public EmitCBaseVisitor {
 	// Don't use to quote a filename for #include - #include doesn't \ escape.
 	// Duplicate in V3File - here so we can print to string
 	putsNoTracking("\"");
-	putsNoTracking(V3Number::quoteNameControls(str));
+        putsNoTracking(V3OutFormatter::quoteNameControls(str));
 	putsNoTracking("\"");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/V3EmitXml.cpp b/src/V3EmitXml.cpp
index ef8f58fb4..ff76d44be 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitXml.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitXml.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class EmitXmlFileVisitor : public AstNVisitor {
 	// Don't use to quote a filename for #include - #include doesn't \ escape.
 	// Duplicate in V3File - here so we can print to string
 	putsNoTracking("\"");
-	putsNoTracking(V3Number::quoteNameControls(str));
+        putsNoTracking(V3OutFormatter::quoteNameControls(str));
 	putsNoTracking("\"");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/V3File.cpp b/src/V3File.cpp
index ef09231cf..56f2ab95f 100644
--- a/src/V3File.cpp
+++ b/src/V3File.cpp
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ void V3OutFormatter::putsQuoted(const string& strg) {
     // Quote \ and " for use inside C programs
     // Don't use to quote a filename for #include - #include doesn't \ escape.
     putcNoTracking('"');
-    string quoted = V3Number::quoteNameControls(strg);
+    string quoted = quoteNameControls(strg);
     for (string::const_iterator cp=quoted.begin(); cp!=quoted.end(); ++cp) {
         putcNoTracking(*cp);
     }
@@ -843,6 +843,31 @@ void V3OutFormatter::putcNoTracking(char chr) {
     putcOutput(chr);
 }
 
+string V3OutFormatter::quoteNameControls(const string& namein, V3OutFormatter::Language) {
+    // Encode control chars into C style escapes
+    // Reverse is V3Parse::deQuote
+    string out;
+    for (string::const_iterator pos=namein.begin(); pos!=namein.end(); ++pos) {
+        if (pos[0]=='\\' || pos[0]=='"') {
+            out += string("\\")+pos[0];
+        } else if (pos[0]=='\n') {
+            out += "\\n";
+        } else if (pos[0]=='\r') {
+            out += "\\r";
+        } else if (pos[0]=='\t') {
+            out += "\\t";
+        } else if (isprint(pos[0])) {
+            out += pos[0];
+        } else {
+            // This will also cover \a etc
+            // Can't use %03o as messes up when signed
+            char octal[10]; sprintf(octal, "\\%o%o%o", (pos[0]>>6)&3, (pos[0]>>3)&7, pos[0]&7);
+            out += octal;
+        }
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Simple wrappers
 
diff --git a/src/V3File.h b/src/V3File.h
index 77e12ed7f..79ec34204 100644
--- a/src/V3File.h
+++ b/src/V3File.h
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ public:
     void blockDec() { if (!m_parenVec.empty()) m_parenVec.pop(); }
     // STATIC METHODS
     static const string indentSpaces(int num);
+    // Add escaped characters to strings
+    static string quoteNameControls(const string& namein, Language lang = LA_C);
 
     // CALLBACKS - MUST OVERRIDE
     virtual void putcOutput(char chr) = 0;
diff --git a/src/V3Number.cpp b/src/V3Number.cpp
index 38fe41325..1cfac108c 100644
--- a/src/V3Number.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Number.cpp
@@ -429,31 +429,6 @@ string V3Number::ascii(bool prefixed, bool cleanVerilog) const {
     return out.str();
 }
 
-string V3Number::quoteNameControls(const string& namein) {
-    // Encode control chars into C style escapes
-    // Reverse is V3Parse::deQuote
-    string out;
-    for (string::const_iterator pos=namein.begin(); pos!=namein.end(); ++pos) {
-	if (pos[0]=='\\' || pos[0]=='"') {
-	    out += string("\\")+pos[0];
-	} else if (pos[0]=='\n') {
-	    out += "\\n";
-	} else if (pos[0]=='\r') {
-	    out += "\\r";
-	} else if (pos[0]=='\t') {
-	    out += "\\t";
-	} else if (isprint(pos[0])) {
-	    out += pos[0];
-	} else {
-	    // This will also cover \a etc
-	    // Can't use %03o as messes up when signed
-	    char octal[10]; sprintf(octal,"\\%o%o%o",(pos[0]>>6)&3, (pos[0]>>3)&7, pos[0]&7);
-	    out += octal;
-	}
-    }
-    return out;
-}
-
 bool V3Number::displayedFmtLegal(char format) {
     // Is this a valid format letter?
     switch (tolower(format)) {
diff --git a/src/V3Number.h b/src/V3Number.h
index d8fa51332..59c3d89fb 100644
--- a/src/V3Number.h
+++ b/src/V3Number.h
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ public:
 
     // ACCESSORS
     string ascii(bool prefixed=true, bool cleanVerilog=false) const;
-    static string quoteNameControls(const string& namein); // Add backslash quotes to strings
     string displayed(AstNode* nodep, const string& vformat) const;
     static bool displayedFmtLegal(char format);  // Is this a valid format letter?
     int width() const { return m_width; }
diff --git a/src/verilog.y b/src/verilog.y
index 6ba6c1e97..153bb1865 100644
--- a/src/verilog.y
+++ b/src/verilog.y
@@ -4097,7 +4097,7 @@ AstVar* V3ParseGrammar::createVariable(FileLine* fileline, string name, AstNodeR
 
 string V3ParseGrammar::deQuote(FileLine* fileline, string text) {
     // Fix up the quoted strings the user put in, for example "\"" becomes "
-    // Reverse is V3Number::quoteNameControls(...)
+    // Reverse is V3OutFormatter::quoteNameControls(...)
     bool quoted = false;
     string newtext;
     unsigned char octal_val = 0;