diff --git a/experiments/iconv/iconvpp.hpp b/experiments/iconv/iconvpp.hpp
index 91631fe50..2fc3e5121 100644
--- a/experiments/iconv/iconvpp.hpp
+++ b/experiments/iconv/iconvpp.hpp
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ public:
 
         return "?";
     }
-protected:
-    static constexpr bool big_endian(void) {
-        return (BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN);
+    inline size_t get_src_last_read(void) const { /* in units of sizeof(srcT) */
+        return src_adv;
+    }
+    inline size_t get_dest_last_written(void) const { /* in units of sizeof(dstT) */
+        return dst_adv;
     }
 public:
     size_t                      dst_adv = 0;
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@ protected:
 
         return NULL;
     }
+    static constexpr bool big_endian(void) {
+        return (BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN);
+    }
 };
 
 template <typename srcT,typename dstT> class _Iconv : public _Iconv_CommonBase {
@@ -202,12 +207,6 @@ public:
     inline const dstT *get_destp(void) const {
         return dst_ptr;
     }
-    inline size_t get_src_last_read(void) const { /* in units of sizeof(srcT) */
-        return src_adv;
-    }
-    inline size_t get_dest_last_written(void) const { /* in units of sizeof(dstT) */
-        return dst_adv;
-    }
 public:
     static _Iconv<srcT,dstT> *create(const char *nw) { /* factory function, wide to char, or char to wide */
         if (sizeof(dstT) == sizeof(char) && sizeof(srcT) == sizeof(wchar_t)) {