diff --git a/src/XXD.src b/src/XXD.src
index 9f650a3..dc9b185 100644
--- a/src/XXD.src
+++ b/src/XXD.src
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 export
 class XXD {
   exec() {
-    const _static = new XXD.Keeps;
-
     const { EOF } = XXD;
 
     const { HEX_NORMAL } = XXD;
@@ -42,10 +40,11 @@ class XXD {
     const { COLS } = XXD;
     const { LLEN } = XXD;
 
+    const _puts = ((...args) => (this._putOrDie(...args)));
+    const _exit = ((...args) => (this._exit(...args)));
+
     const $ = ((c) => (c.charCodeAt(0)));
     const $$ = ((s) => (Uint8Array.from(s, $)));
-    const $puts = ((...args) => (this._putOrDie(...args)));
-    const $exit = ((...args) => (this._exit(...args)));
 
     const hexx = $$("0123456789abcdef0123456789ABCDEF");
 
@@ -210,28 +209,30 @@ class XXD {
       _xxdline(fpo, l, -1);
     }
 
-    function _xxdline(fp, l, nz, _ = _static) {
-      if (!nz && _.s == 1) {
-        _strcpy(_.z, l);
+    function _xxdline(fp, l, nz, _static = _xxdline) {
+      if (!nz && (_static .s) == 1) {
+        _strcpy(_static .z, l);
       }
 
-      if (nz || !_.s++) {
+      if (nz || !(_static .s++)) {
         if (nz) {
-          if (nz < 0) _.s--;
-          if (_.s == 2) $puts(_.z, fp);
-          if (_.s > 2) $puts($$("*\n"), fp);
+          if (nz < 0) (_static .s)--;
+          if ((_static .s) == 2) _puts(_static .z, fp);
+          if ((_static .s) > 2) _puts($$("*\n"), fp);
         }
-        if (nz >= 0 || _.s > 0) $puts(l, fp);
-        if (nz) _.s = 0;
+        if (nz >= 0 || (_static .s) > 0) _puts(l, fp);
+        if (nz) _static .s = 0;
       }
     }
+    _static: _xxdline .s = 0; // was `zero_seen` in C
+    _static: _xxdline .z = new Uint8Array(LLEN + 1);
 
     function _strcpy(dest, src) {
       let stop = src.indexOf(0);
       if (stop >= 0) {
         dest.set(new Uint8Array(src.buffer, 0, stop));
       } else {
-        return void $exit(XXD.IMPLEMENTATION_ERROR); // XXX
+        return void _exit(XXD.IMPLEMENTATION_ERROR); // XXX
       }
     }
 
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ class XXD {
         bytes.set($$(what));
         return what.length;
       }
-      return void $exit(XXD.UNIMPLEMENTED); // XXX
+      return void _exit(XXD.UNIMPLEMENTED); // XXX
     }
   }
 
@@ -277,13 +278,6 @@ class XXD {
   }
 }
 
-XXD.Keeps = class {
-  constructor() {
-    this.s = 0; // was `zero_seen` in C
-    this.z = new Uint8Array(XXD.LLEN + 1);
-  }
-}
-
 XXD.HEX_NORMAL = 0;
 XXD.HEX_POSTSCRIPT = 1;
 XXD.HEX_CINCLUDE = 2;