diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 20d1474..760e41a 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -35,21 +35,17 @@
 
 /* Definitions: */
 
+#ifndef MAX_REGEXP_OBJECTS
 #define MAX_REGEXP_OBJECTS      30    /* Max number of regex symbols in expression. */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MAX_CHAR_CLASS_LEN
 #define MAX_CHAR_CLASS_LEN      40    /* Max length of character-class buffer in.   */
+#endif
 
 
 enum { UNUSED, DOT, BEGIN, END, QUESTIONMARK, STAR, PLUS, CHAR, CHAR_CLASS, INV_CHAR_CLASS, DIGIT, NOT_DIGIT, ALPHA, NOT_ALPHA, WHITESPACE, NOT_WHITESPACE, /* BRANCH */ };
 
-typedef struct regex_t
-{
-  unsigned char  type;   /* CHAR, STAR, etc.                      */
-  union
-  {
-    unsigned char  ch;   /*      the character itself             */
-    unsigned char* ccl;  /*  OR  a pointer to characters in class */
-  } u;
-} regex_t;
 
 
 
@@ -111,8 +107,13 @@ re_t re_compile(const char* pattern)
   /* The sizes of the two static arrays below substantiates the static RAM usage of this module.
      MAX_REGEXP_OBJECTS is the max number of symbols in the expression.
      MAX_CHAR_CLASS_LEN determines the size of buffer for chars in all char-classes in the expression. */
-  static regex_t re_compiled[MAX_REGEXP_OBJECTS];
-  static unsigned char ccl_buf[MAX_CHAR_CLASS_LEN];
+  static regex_t static_objects[MAX_REGEXP_OBJECTS];
+  static unsigned char static_ccl_buf[MAX_CHAR_CLASS_LEN];
+  return re_compile_to(pattern, static_objects, static_ccl_buf);
+}
+
+re_t re_compile_to(const char* pattern, regex_t *re_compiled, unsigned char *ccl_buf)
+{
   int ccl_bufidx = 1;
 
   char c;     /* current char in pattern   */
diff --git a/re.h b/re.h
index 69facc6..8dd5a4a 100644
--- a/re.h
+++ b/re.h
@@ -41,14 +41,25 @@ extern "C"{
 #endif
 
 
+typedef struct regex_t
+{
+  unsigned char  type;   /* CHAR, STAR, etc.                      */
+  union
+  {
+    unsigned char  ch;   /*      the character itself             */
+    unsigned char* ccl;  /*  OR  a pointer to characters in class */
+  } u;
+} regex_t;
 
 /* Typedef'd pointer to get abstract datatype. */
 typedef struct regex_t* re_t;
 
 
-/* Compile regex string pattern to a regex_t-array. */
+/* Compile regex string pattern to a static regex_t-array. */
 re_t re_compile(const char* pattern);
 
+/* Compile regex string pattern to the given regex_t-array. */
+re_t re_compile_to(const char* pattern, re_t objects, unsigned char *ccl_buf);
 
 /* Find matches of the compiled pattern inside text. */
 int re_matchp(re_t pattern, const char* text, int* matchlength);