diff --git a/src/cast.rs b/src/cast.rs
index 6774b39..ee0b38f 100644
--- a/src/cast.rs
+++ b/src/cast.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl Float {
         }
     }
 
-    fn from_bits(sem: Semantics, float: u64) -> Self {
+    pub fn from_bits(sem: Semantics, float: u64) -> Self {
         // Extract the biased exponent (wipe the sign and mantissa).
         let biased_exp = ((float >> sem.get_mantissa_len())
             & mask(sem.get_exponent_len()) as u64)
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ impl Float {
         self.cast_with_rm(to, self.get_rounding_mode())
     }
 
-    fn as_native_float(&self) -> u64 {
+    pub fn as_native_float(&self) -> u64 {
         // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754
         let mantissa: u64;
         let mut exp: u64;