diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86a2d03..eef881b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <!--
 template:
 
-## [vX.X.X](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/vX.X.X) - YYYY-MM-DD
+## [vX.X.X](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/vX.X.X) - YYYY-MM-DD
 
 #### Fixes:
 #### Additions:
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ template:
 
 
 
-## Unreleased
+## [v3.0.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v3.0.0) - 2022-01-11
+
 
 This release will be a major version bump, so it's ABI breaks all around.
 Any changes that are likely to cause migration issues (API changes, build system breakage, etc.) are indicated with ⚠&#xFE0F;.
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ Any changes that are likely to cause migration issues (API changes, build system
 
 
 
-## [v2.5.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v2.5.0) - 2021-07-11
+## [v2.5.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v2.5.0) - 2021-07-11
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed linkage error with windows compat mode 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ Any changes that are likely to cause migration issues (API changes, build system
 
 
 
-## [v2.4.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v2.4.0) - 2021-05-19
+## [v2.4.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v2.4.0) - 2021-05-19
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed `node::value()` not retrieving inf and nan correctly
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ Any changes that are likely to cause migration issues (API changes, build system
 
 
 
-## [v2.3.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v2.3.0) - 2020-12-29
+## [v2.3.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v2.3.0) - 2020-12-29
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed compiler errors caused by `<charconv>` with Apple-flavoured clang
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ Any changes that are likely to cause migration issues (API changes, build system
 
 
 
-## [v2.2.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v2.2.0) - 2020-08-09
+## [v2.2.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v2.2.0) - 2020-08-09
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed some issues building with VS2017 (#55) (@sobczyk)
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ Any changes that are likely to cause migration issues (API changes, build system
 
 
 
-## [v2.1.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v2.1.0) - 2020-07-11
+## [v2.1.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v2.1.0) - 2020-07-11
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed inconsistent emission of leading/trailing newlines when writing a table to an ostream (#48) (@levicki)
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ Any changes that are likely to cause migration issues (API changes, build system
 
 
 
-## [v2.0.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v2.0.0) - 2020-07-20
+## [v2.0.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v2.0.0) - 2020-07-20
 
 This release contains a fairly significant number of 'quality of life' improvements, yay! But also necessitates an ABI
 break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are annotated with ⚠&#xFE0F;.
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v1.3.3](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v1.3.3) - 2020-06-29
+## [v1.3.3](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v1.3.3) - 2020-06-29
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed some minor TOML spec conformance bugs
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v1.3.2](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v1.3.2) - 2020-06-19
+## [v1.3.2](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v1.3.2) - 2020-06-19
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed single-digit negative integers parsing as positive
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v1.3.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v1.3.0) - 2020-06-02
+## [v1.3.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v1.3.0) - 2020-06-02
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed `formatter::print_inline()` causing compilation failures in DLL builds
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v1.2.5](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v1.2.5) - 2020-04-24
+## [v1.2.5](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v1.2.5) - 2020-04-24
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed some multi-line string parsing issues
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v1.2.3](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v1.2.3) - 2020-04-11
+## [v1.2.3](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v1.2.3) - 2020-04-11
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed printing of inf and nan
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v1.2.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v1.2.0) - 2020-04-07
+## [v1.2.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v1.2.0) - 2020-04-07
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed some parsing and printing ops being locale-dependent
@@ -377,7 +378,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v1.1.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v1.1.0) - 2020-04-03
+## [v1.1.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v1.1.0) - 2020-04-03
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed some parser error paths not returning early enough `TOML_EXCEPTIONS=0` 
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v1.0.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/1.0.0) - 2020-03-28
+## [v1.0.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/1.0.0) - 2020-03-28
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed minor documentation issues
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v0.6.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v0.6.0) - 2020-03-24
+## [v0.6.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v0.6.0) - 2020-03-24
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed minor preprocessor/macro issues
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v0.5.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v0.5.0) - 2020-03-18
+## [v0.5.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v0.5.0) - 2020-03-18
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed crash when reaching EOF while parsing a string when exceptions are disabled
@@ -434,7 +435,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v0.4.3](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v0.4.3) - 2020-03-10
+## [v0.4.3](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v0.4.3) - 2020-03-10
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed ICE in VS2019 when using `/std:c++17` instead of `/std:c++latest
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v0.4.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v0.4.0) - 2020-03-05
+## [v0.4.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v0.4.0) - 2020-03-05
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed `parse_file()` failing to compile with plain string literals
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v0.3.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v0.3.0) - 2020-03-01
+## [v0.3.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v0.3.0) - 2020-03-01
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed some pedantic clang warnings
@@ -479,7 +480,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v0.2.1](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v0.2.1) - 2020-02-26
+## [v0.2.1](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v0.2.1) - 2020-02-26
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed minor printing bug in `operator<<(ostream, source_position)`
@@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v0.2.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v0.2.0) - 2020-02-23
+## [v0.2.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v0.2.0) - 2020-02-23
 
 #### Fixes:
 - fixed truncation of floating-point values when using ostreams
@@ -510,7 +511,7 @@ break (hence the version number bump). Changes that might block a migration are
 
 
 
-## [v0.1.0](https://github.com/osgenic/stim/releases/tag/v0.1.0) - 2020-02-20
+## [v0.1.0](https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/releases/tag/v0.1.0) - 2020-02-20
 
 - First public release, yay! 🎉&#xFE0F;
 
diff --git a/docs/images/banner.ai b/docs/images/banner.ai
index 7dc7444..af4ca94 100644
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diff --git a/docs/images/banner_large.png b/docs/images/banner_large.png
index 7bea5ee..6cb347f 100644
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diff --git a/docs/images/banner_small.png b/docs/images/banner_small.png
index 5a0a097..c9ee996 100644
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diff --git a/docs/pages/main_page.dox b/docs/pages/main_page.dox
index 021f5a8..2996454 100644
--- a/docs/pages/main_page.dox
+++ b/docs/pages/main_page.dox
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@
  	std::cout << "cats: " << tbl["animals"]["cats"] << "\n";
  	std::cout << "fish[1]: " << tbl["animals"]["fish"][1] << "\n";
 
+	// can also be retrieved via absolute path
+	std::cout << "cats: " << tbl.at_path("animals.cats") << "\n";
+	std::cout << "fish[1]: " << tbl.at_path("animals.fish[1]") << "\n";
+
  	// ...even if the element doesn't exist
  	std::cout << "dinosaurs: " << tbl["animals"]["dinosaurs"] << "\n"; //no dinosaurs :(
 
@@ -278,6 +282,8 @@
  numbers: [ 2, 3, 4, 'five', 6.0, 7, [ 8, 9 ] ]
  cats: [ 'tiger', 'lion', 'puma' ]
  fish[1]: 'trout'
+ cats: [ 'tiger', 'lion', 'puma' ]
+ fish[1]: 'trout'
  dinosaurs:
  \eout
 
@@ -514,10 +520,12 @@
 
  \out
  Parsing data.toml 5000 times:
-  pytomlpp:    0.662 s
-      toml:    5.277 s (7.9x slower)
-     qtoml:    8.020 s (12.1x slower)
-   tomlkit:   32.898 s (49.6x slower)
+   pytomlpp:   0.694 s
+      rtoml:   0.871 s ( 1.25x)
+      tomli:   2.625 s ( 3.78x)
+       toml:   5.642 s ( 8.12x)
+      qtoml:   7.760 s (11.17x)
+    tomlkit:  32.708 s (47.09x)
  \eout
 
  Install it using `pip`:
diff --git a/include/toml++/impl/array.h b/include/toml++/impl/array.h
index f022de1..f657373 100644
--- a/include/toml++/impl/array.h
+++ b/include/toml++/impl/array.h
@@ -316,11 +316,6 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		using reference		  = node&;
 		using const_reference = const node&;
 
-		/// \brief A RandomAccessIterator for iterating over elements in a toml::array.
-		using iterator = array_iterator;
-		/// \brief A RandomAccessIterator for iterating over const elements in a toml::array.
-		using const_iterator = const_array_iterator;
-
 #if TOML_LIFETIME_HOOKS
 
 		TOML_NODISCARD_CTOR
@@ -794,6 +789,12 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		/// \name Iterators
 		/// @{
 
+		/// \brief A RandomAccessIterator for iterating over elements in a toml::array.
+		using iterator = array_iterator;
+
+		/// \brief A RandomAccessIterator for iterating over const elements in a toml::array.
+		using const_iterator = const_array_iterator;
+
 		/// \brief	Returns an iterator to the first element.
 		TOML_NODISCARD
 		iterator begin() noexcept
diff --git a/include/toml++/impl/forward_declarations.h b/include/toml++/impl/forward_declarations.h
index 915b7bd..2cd795e 100644
--- a/include/toml++/impl/forward_declarations.h
+++ b/include/toml++/impl/forward_declarations.h
@@ -330,8 +330,7 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START // abi namespace
 		/// \brief Combination mask of all indentation-enabling flags.
 		indentation = indent_sub_tables | indent_array_elements,
 
-		/// \brief Emit floating-point values with relaxed precision.
-		///
+		/// \brief Emit floating-point values with relaxed (human-friendly) precision.
 		/// \warning	Setting this flag may cause serialized documents to no longer round-trip correctly
 		///				since floats might have a less precise value upon being written out than they did when being
 		///				read in. Use this flag at your own risk.
diff --git a/include/toml++/impl/parse_result.h b/include/toml++/impl/parse_result.h
index 196ae98..d10731c 100644
--- a/include/toml++/impl/parse_result.h
+++ b/include/toml++/impl/parse_result.h
@@ -82,12 +82,6 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		}
 
 	  public:
-		/// \brief A BidirectionalIterator for iterating over key-value pairs in a wrapped toml::table.
-		using iterator = table_iterator;
-
-		/// \brief A BidirectionalIterator for iterating over const key-value pairs in a wrapped toml::table.
-		using const_iterator = const_table_iterator;
-
 		/// \brief Default constructs an 'error' result.
 		TOML_NODISCARD_CTOR
 		parse_result() noexcept //
@@ -278,8 +272,14 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		/// \name Iterators
 		/// @{
 
+		/// \brief A BidirectionalIterator for iterating over key-value pairs in a wrapped toml::table.
+		using iterator = table_iterator;
+
+		/// \brief A BidirectionalIterator for iterating over const key-value pairs in a wrapped toml::table.
+		using const_iterator = const_table_iterator;
+
 		/// \brief	Returns an iterator to the first key-value pair in the wrapped table.
-		/// \remarks Returns a default-constructed 'nothing' iterator if the parsing failed.
+		/// \remarks Always returns the same value as #end() if parsing failed.
 		TOML_NODISCARD
 		table_iterator begin() noexcept
 		{
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		}
 
 		/// \brief	Returns an iterator to the first key-value pair in the wrapped table.
-		/// \remarks Returns a default-constructed 'nothing' iterator if the parsing failed.
+		/// \remarks Always returns the same value as #end() if parsing failed.
 		TOML_NODISCARD
 		const_table_iterator begin() const noexcept
 		{
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		}
 
 		/// \brief	Returns an iterator to the first key-value pair in the wrapped table.
-		/// \remarks Returns a default-constructed 'nothing' iterator if the parsing failed.
+		/// \remarks Always returns the same value as #cend() if parsing failed.
 		TOML_NODISCARD
 		const_table_iterator cbegin() const noexcept
 		{
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		}
 
 		/// \brief	Returns an iterator to one-past-the-last key-value pair in the wrapped table.
-		/// \remarks Returns a default-constructed 'nothing' iterator if the parsing failed.
 		TOML_NODISCARD
 		table_iterator end() noexcept
 		{
@@ -311,7 +310,6 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		}
 
 		/// \brief	Returns an iterator to one-past-the-last key-value pair in the wrapped table.
-		/// \remarks Returns a default-constructed 'nothing' iterator if the parsing failed.
 		TOML_NODISCARD
 		const_table_iterator end() const noexcept
 		{
@@ -319,7 +317,6 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		}
 
 		/// \brief	Returns an iterator to one-past-the-last key-value pair in the wrapped table.
-		/// \remarks Returns a default-constructed 'nothing' iterator if the parsing failed.
 		TOML_NODISCARD
 		const_table_iterator cend() const noexcept
 		{
diff --git a/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl b/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
index 3eca4e7..e8b4f6f 100644
--- a/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
+++ b/include/toml++/impl/parser.inl
@@ -711,26 +711,24 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 	template <typename T>
 	TOML_ATTR(nonnull)
 	TOML_INTERNAL_LINKAGE
-	TOML_NEVER_INLINE
 	void concatenate(char*& write_pos, char* const buf_end, const T& arg) noexcept
 	{
-		static_assert(
-			impl::is_one_of<impl::remove_cvref<T>, std::string_view, int64_t, uint64_t, double, escaped_codepoint>,
-			"concatenate inputs are limited to [std::string_view, int64_t, uint64_t, double, escaped_codepoint] to "
-			"keep instantiations at a minimum as an anti-bloat measure (hint: to_sv will probably help)");
-
-		if (write_pos >= buf_end)
+		if TOML_UNLIKELY(write_pos >= buf_end)
 			return;
 
-		using arg_t = impl::remove_cvref<T>;
-		if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_t, std::string_view>)
+		using arg_type = impl::remove_cvref<T>;
+
+		// string views
+		if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_type, std::string_view>)
 		{
 			const auto max_chars = static_cast<size_t>(buf_end - write_pos);
 			const auto len		 = max_chars < arg.length() ? max_chars : arg.length();
 			std::memcpy(write_pos, arg.data(), len);
 			write_pos += len;
 		}
-		else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_t, double>)
+
+		// doubles
+		else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_type, double>)
 		{
 #if TOML_FLOAT_CHARCONV
 			const auto result = std::to_chars(write_pos, buf_end, arg);
@@ -738,12 +736,14 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 #else
 			std::ostringstream ss;
 			ss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
-			ss.precision(std::numeric_limits<arg_t>::max_digits10);
+			ss.precision(std::numeric_limits<arg_type>::max_digits10);
 			ss << arg;
 			concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, to_sv(std::move(ss).str()));
 #endif
 		}
-		else if constexpr (impl::is_one_of<arg_t, int64_t, uint64_t>)
+
+		// 64-bit integers
+		else if constexpr (impl::is_one_of<arg_type, int64_t, uint64_t>)
 		{
 #if TOML_INT_CHARCONV
 			const auto result = std::to_chars(write_pos, buf_end, arg);
@@ -751,12 +751,14 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 #else
 			std::ostringstream ss;
 			ss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
-			using cast_type = std::conditional_t<std::is_signed_v<arg_t>, int64_t, uint64_t>;
+			using cast_type = std::conditional_t<std::is_signed_v<arg_type>, int64_t, uint64_t>;
 			ss << static_cast<cast_type>(arg);
 			concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, to_sv(std::move(ss).str()));
 #endif
 		}
-		else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_t, escaped_codepoint>)
+
+		// escaped_codepoint
+		else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_type, escaped_codepoint>)
 		{
 			if (arg.cp.value <= U'\x7F')
 				concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, to_sv(arg.cp));
@@ -775,8 +777,24 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 				concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, std::string_view{ buf, digits + 2u });
 			}
 		}
+
+		// all other floats (fallback - coerce to double)
+		else if constexpr (std::is_floating_point_v<arg_type>)
+			concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, static_cast<double>(arg));
+
+		// all other integers (fallback - coerce to (u)int64_t)
+		else if constexpr (std::is_arithmetic_v<arg_type> && std::is_integral_v<arg_type>)
+		{
+			using cast_type = std::conditional_t<std::is_unsigned_v<arg_type>, uint64_t, int64_t>;
+			concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, static_cast<cast_type>(arg));
+		}
+
 		else
-			static_assert(impl::dependent_false<T>, "Evaluated unreachable branch!");
+		{
+			static_assert(
+				impl::dependent_false<T>,
+				"concatenate() inputs are limited to std::string_views, integers, floats, and escaped_codepoint");
+		}
 	}
 
 	struct error_builder
@@ -1805,7 +1823,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 					set_error_and_return_default("underscores must be followed by digits"sv);
 				else if TOML_UNLIKELY(length == sizeof(chars))
 					set_error_and_return_default("exceeds length limit of "sv,
-												 static_cast<uint64_t>(sizeof(chars)),
+												 sizeof(chars),
 												 " digits"sv,
 												 (seen_exponent ? ""sv : " (consider using exponent notation)"sv));
 				else if (*cp == U'.')
@@ -2028,7 +2046,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 					set_error_and_return_default("expected exponent digit or sign, saw '"sv, to_sv(*cp), "'"sv);
 				else if (current_fragment->length == sizeof(fragment::chars))
 					set_error_and_return_default("fragment exceeeds maximum length of "sv,
-												 static_cast<uint64_t>(sizeof(fragment::chars)),
+												 sizeof(fragment::chars),
 												 " characters"sv);
 				else
 					current_fragment->chars[current_fragment->length++] = static_cast<char>(cp->bytes[0]);
@@ -2162,9 +2180,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 				else if TOML_UNLIKELY(!traits::is_digit(*cp))
 					set_error_and_return_default("expected digit, saw '"sv, to_sv(*cp), "'"sv);
 				else if TOML_UNLIKELY(length == sizeof(digits))
-					set_error_and_return_default("exceeds length limit of "sv,
-												 static_cast<uint64_t>(sizeof(digits)),
-												 " digits"sv);
+					set_error_and_return_default("exceeds length limit of "sv, sizeof(digits), " digits"sv);
 				else
 					digits[length++] = static_cast<char>(cp->bytes[0]);
 
@@ -2277,8 +2293,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit month, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 			const auto month = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10u;
 			if (month == 0u || month > 12u)
-				set_error_and_return_default("expected month between 1 and 12 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(month));
+				set_error_and_return_default("expected month between 1 and 12 (inclusive), saw "sv, month);
 			const auto max_days_in_month = month == 2u
 											 ? (is_leap_year ? 29u : 28u)
 											 : (month == 4u || month == 6u || month == 9u || month == 11u ? 30u : 31u);
@@ -2295,9 +2310,9 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 			const auto day = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10u;
 			if (day == 0u || day > max_days_in_month)
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected day between 1 and "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(max_days_in_month),
+											 max_days_in_month,
 											 " (inclusive), saw "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(day));
+											 day);
 
 			if (!part_of_datetime && !is_eof() && !is_value_terminator(*cp))
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected value-terminator, saw '"sv, to_sv(*cp), "'"sv);
@@ -2323,8 +2338,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit hour, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 			const auto hour = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10u;
 			if (hour > 23u)
-				set_error_and_return_default("expected hour between 0 to 59 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(hour));
+				set_error_and_return_default("expected hour between 0 to 59 (inclusive), saw "sv, hour);
 			set_error_and_return_if_eof({});
 
 			// ':'
@@ -2337,8 +2351,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit minute, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 			const auto minute = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10u;
 			if (minute > 59u)
-				set_error_and_return_default("expected minute between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(minute));
+				set_error_and_return_default("expected minute between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv, minute);
 			auto time = toml::time{ hour, minute };
 
 			// ':'
@@ -2358,8 +2371,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit second, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 			const auto second = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10u;
 			if (second > 59u)
-				set_error_and_return_default("expected second between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(second));
+				set_error_and_return_default("expected second between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv, second);
 			time.second = static_cast<decltype(time.second)>(second);
 
 			// '.' (early-exiting is allowed; fractional is optional)
@@ -2379,8 +2391,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 			else if (!is_eof())
 			{
 				if (digit_count == max_digits && is_decimal_digit(*cp))
-					set_error_and_return_default("fractional component exceeds maximum precision of "sv,
-												 static_cast<uint64_t>(max_digits));
+					set_error_and_return_default("fractional component exceeds maximum precision of "sv, max_digits);
 				else if (!part_of_datetime && !is_value_terminator(*cp))
 					set_error_and_return_default("expected value-terminator, saw '"sv, to_sv(*cp), "'"sv);
 			}
@@ -2443,8 +2454,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 					set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit hour, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 				const auto hour = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10;
 				if (hour > 23)
-					set_error_and_return_default("expected hour between 0 and 23 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-												 static_cast<int64_t>(hour));
+					set_error_and_return_default("expected hour between 0 and 23 (inclusive), saw "sv, hour);
 				set_error_and_return_if_eof({});
 
 				// ':'
@@ -2457,8 +2467,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 					set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit minute, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 				const auto minute = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10;
 				if (minute > 59)
-					set_error_and_return_default("expected minute between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-												 static_cast<int64_t>(minute));
+					set_error_and_return_default("expected minute between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv, minute);
 				offset.minutes = static_cast<decltype(offset.minutes)>((hour * 60 + minute) * sign);
 			}
 
@@ -2527,7 +2536,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 			const depth_counter_scope depth_counter{ nested_values };
 			if TOML_UNLIKELY(nested_values > max_nested_values)
 				set_error_and_return_default("exceeded maximum nested value depth of "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(max_nested_values),
+											 max_nested_values,
 											 " (TOML_MAX_NESTED_VALUES)"sv);
 
 			// check if it begins with some control character
@@ -2837,7 +2846,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 							utf8_buffered_reader::max_history_length - 2u;
 						if TOML_UNLIKELY(!eof_while_scanning && advance_count > max_numeric_value_length)
 							set_error_and_return_default("numeric value too long to identify type - cannot exceed "sv,
-														 static_cast<uint64_t>(max_numeric_value_length),
+														 max_numeric_value_length,
 														 " characters"sv);
 
 						val.reset(new value{ parse_integer<10>() });
diff --git a/include/toml++/impl/table.h b/include/toml++/impl/table.h
index 24640e7..c519919 100644
--- a/include/toml++/impl/table.h
+++ b/include/toml++/impl/table.h
@@ -186,9 +186,35 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 
 	/// \brief	A TOML table.
 	///
-	/// \remarks The interface of this type is modeled after std::map, with some
+	/// \detail The interface of this type is modeled after std::map, with some
 	/// 		additional considerations made for the heterogeneous nature of a
 	/// 		TOML table.
+	///
+	/// \cpp
+	/// toml::table tbl = toml::parse(R"(
+	///
+	/// 	[animals]
+	/// 	cats = [ "tiger", "lion", "puma" ]
+	/// 	birds = [ "macaw", "pigeon", "canary" ]
+	/// 	fish = [ "salmon", "trout", "carp" ]
+	///
+	/// )"sv);
+	///
+	/// // operator[] retrieves node-views
+	/// std::cout << "cats: " << tbl["animals"]["cats"] << "\n";
+	/// std::cout << "fish[1]: " << tbl["animals"]["fish"][1] << "\n";
+	///
+	/// // at_path() does fully-qualified "toml path" lookups
+	/// std::cout << "cats: " << tbl.at_path("animals.cats") << "\n";
+	/// std::cout << "fish[1]: " << tbl.at_path("animals.fish[1]") << "\n";
+	/// \ecpp
+	///
+	/// \out
+	/// cats: ['tiger', 'lion', 'puma']
+	/// fish[1] : 'trout'
+	/// cats : ['tiger', 'lion', 'puma']
+	/// fish[1] : 'trout'
+	/// \eout
 	class table : public node
 	{
 	  private:
@@ -208,12 +234,6 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		/// \endcond
 
 	  public:
-		/// \brief A BidirectionalIterator for iterating over key-value pairs in a toml::table.
-		using iterator = toml::table_iterator;
-
-		/// \brief A BidirectionalIterator for iterating over const key-value pairs in a toml::table.
-		using const_iterator = toml::const_table_iterator;
-
 #if TOML_LIFETIME_HOOKS
 
 		TOML_NODISCARD_CTOR
@@ -779,6 +799,12 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		/// \name Iterators
 		/// @{
 
+		/// \brief A BidirectionalIterator for iterating over key-value pairs in a toml::table.
+		using iterator = toml::table_iterator;
+
+		/// \brief A BidirectionalIterator for iterating over const key-value pairs in a toml::table.
+		using const_iterator = toml::const_table_iterator;
+
 		/// \brief	Returns an iterator to the first key-value pair.
 		TOML_PURE_INLINE_GETTER
 		iterator begin() noexcept
diff --git a/toml.hpp b/toml.hpp
index 71824ce..024973d 100644
--- a/toml.hpp
+++ b/toml.hpp
@@ -5288,10 +5288,6 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		using reference		  = node&;
 		using const_reference = const node&;
 
-		using iterator = array_iterator;
-
-		using const_iterator = const_array_iterator;
-
 #if TOML_LIFETIME_HOOKS
 
 		TOML_NODISCARD_CTOR
@@ -5620,6 +5616,10 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 			return *elems_.back();
 		}
 
+		using iterator = array_iterator;
+
+		using const_iterator = const_array_iterator;
+
 		TOML_NODISCARD
 		iterator begin() noexcept
 		{
@@ -6416,11 +6416,6 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 		table(const impl::table_init_pair*, const impl::table_init_pair*);
 
 	  public:
-
-		using iterator = toml::table_iterator;
-
-		using const_iterator = toml::const_table_iterator;
-
 #if TOML_LIFETIME_HOOKS
 
 		TOML_NODISCARD_CTOR
@@ -6774,6 +6769,10 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 
 #endif // TOML_ENABLE_WINDOWS_COMPAT
 
+		using iterator = toml::table_iterator;
+
+		using const_iterator = toml::const_table_iterator;
+
 		TOML_PURE_INLINE_GETTER
 		iterator begin() noexcept
 		{
@@ -8390,10 +8389,6 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 
 	  public:
 
-		using iterator = table_iterator;
-
-		using const_iterator = const_table_iterator;
-
 		TOML_NODISCARD_CTOR
 		parse_result() noexcept //
 			: err_{ true }
@@ -8547,6 +8542,10 @@ TOML_NAMESPACE_START
 			return error();
 		}
 
+		using iterator = table_iterator;
+
+		using const_iterator = const_table_iterator;
+
 		TOML_NODISCARD
 		table_iterator begin() noexcept
 		{
@@ -11730,26 +11729,24 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 	template <typename T>
 	TOML_ATTR(nonnull)
 	TOML_INTERNAL_LINKAGE
-	TOML_NEVER_INLINE
 	void concatenate(char*& write_pos, char* const buf_end, const T& arg) noexcept
 	{
-		static_assert(
-			impl::is_one_of<impl::remove_cvref<T>, std::string_view, int64_t, uint64_t, double, escaped_codepoint>,
-			"concatenate inputs are limited to [std::string_view, int64_t, uint64_t, double, escaped_codepoint] to "
-			"keep instantiations at a minimum as an anti-bloat measure (hint: to_sv will probably help)");
-
-		if (write_pos >= buf_end)
+		if TOML_UNLIKELY(write_pos >= buf_end)
 			return;
 
-		using arg_t = impl::remove_cvref<T>;
-		if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_t, std::string_view>)
+		using arg_type = impl::remove_cvref<T>;
+
+		// string views
+		if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_type, std::string_view>)
 		{
 			const auto max_chars = static_cast<size_t>(buf_end - write_pos);
 			const auto len		 = max_chars < arg.length() ? max_chars : arg.length();
 			std::memcpy(write_pos, arg.data(), len);
 			write_pos += len;
 		}
-		else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_t, double>)
+
+		// doubles
+		else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_type, double>)
 		{
 #if TOML_FLOAT_CHARCONV
 			const auto result = std::to_chars(write_pos, buf_end, arg);
@@ -11757,12 +11754,14 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 #else
 			std::ostringstream ss;
 			ss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
-			ss.precision(std::numeric_limits<arg_t>::max_digits10);
+			ss.precision(std::numeric_limits<arg_type>::max_digits10);
 			ss << arg;
 			concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, to_sv(std::move(ss).str()));
 #endif
 		}
-		else if constexpr (impl::is_one_of<arg_t, int64_t, uint64_t>)
+
+		// 64-bit integers
+		else if constexpr (impl::is_one_of<arg_type, int64_t, uint64_t>)
 		{
 #if TOML_INT_CHARCONV
 			const auto result = std::to_chars(write_pos, buf_end, arg);
@@ -11770,12 +11769,14 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 #else
 			std::ostringstream ss;
 			ss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
-			using cast_type = std::conditional_t<std::is_signed_v<arg_t>, int64_t, uint64_t>;
+			using cast_type = std::conditional_t<std::is_signed_v<arg_type>, int64_t, uint64_t>;
 			ss << static_cast<cast_type>(arg);
 			concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, to_sv(std::move(ss).str()));
 #endif
 		}
-		else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_t, escaped_codepoint>)
+
+		// escaped_codepoint
+		else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<arg_type, escaped_codepoint>)
 		{
 			if (arg.cp.value <= U'\x7F')
 				concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, to_sv(arg.cp));
@@ -11794,8 +11795,24 @@ TOML_ANON_NAMESPACE_START
 				concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, std::string_view{ buf, digits + 2u });
 			}
 		}
+
+		// all other floats (fallback - coerce to double)
+		else if constexpr (std::is_floating_point_v<arg_type>)
+			concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, static_cast<double>(arg));
+
+		// all other integers (fallback - coerce to (u)int64_t)
+		else if constexpr (std::is_arithmetic_v<arg_type> && std::is_integral_v<arg_type>)
+		{
+			using cast_type = std::conditional_t<std::is_unsigned_v<arg_type>, uint64_t, int64_t>;
+			concatenate(write_pos, buf_end, static_cast<cast_type>(arg));
+		}
+
 		else
-			static_assert(impl::dependent_false<T>, "Evaluated unreachable branch!");
+		{
+			static_assert(
+				impl::dependent_false<T>,
+				"concatenate() inputs are limited to std::string_views, integers, floats, and escaped_codepoint");
+		}
 	}
 
 	struct error_builder
@@ -12824,7 +12841,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 					set_error_and_return_default("underscores must be followed by digits"sv);
 				else if TOML_UNLIKELY(length == sizeof(chars))
 					set_error_and_return_default("exceeds length limit of "sv,
-												 static_cast<uint64_t>(sizeof(chars)),
+												 sizeof(chars),
 												 " digits"sv,
 												 (seen_exponent ? ""sv : " (consider using exponent notation)"sv));
 				else if (*cp == U'.')
@@ -13047,7 +13064,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 					set_error_and_return_default("expected exponent digit or sign, saw '"sv, to_sv(*cp), "'"sv);
 				else if (current_fragment->length == sizeof(fragment::chars))
 					set_error_and_return_default("fragment exceeeds maximum length of "sv,
-												 static_cast<uint64_t>(sizeof(fragment::chars)),
+												 sizeof(fragment::chars),
 												 " characters"sv);
 				else
 					current_fragment->chars[current_fragment->length++] = static_cast<char>(cp->bytes[0]);
@@ -13181,9 +13198,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 				else if TOML_UNLIKELY(!traits::is_digit(*cp))
 					set_error_and_return_default("expected digit, saw '"sv, to_sv(*cp), "'"sv);
 				else if TOML_UNLIKELY(length == sizeof(digits))
-					set_error_and_return_default("exceeds length limit of "sv,
-												 static_cast<uint64_t>(sizeof(digits)),
-												 " digits"sv);
+					set_error_and_return_default("exceeds length limit of "sv, sizeof(digits), " digits"sv);
 				else
 					digits[length++] = static_cast<char>(cp->bytes[0]);
 
@@ -13296,8 +13311,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit month, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 			const auto month = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10u;
 			if (month == 0u || month > 12u)
-				set_error_and_return_default("expected month between 1 and 12 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(month));
+				set_error_and_return_default("expected month between 1 and 12 (inclusive), saw "sv, month);
 			const auto max_days_in_month = month == 2u
 											 ? (is_leap_year ? 29u : 28u)
 											 : (month == 4u || month == 6u || month == 9u || month == 11u ? 30u : 31u);
@@ -13314,9 +13328,9 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 			const auto day = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10u;
 			if (day == 0u || day > max_days_in_month)
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected day between 1 and "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(max_days_in_month),
+											 max_days_in_month,
 											 " (inclusive), saw "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(day));
+											 day);
 
 			if (!part_of_datetime && !is_eof() && !is_value_terminator(*cp))
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected value-terminator, saw '"sv, to_sv(*cp), "'"sv);
@@ -13342,8 +13356,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit hour, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 			const auto hour = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10u;
 			if (hour > 23u)
-				set_error_and_return_default("expected hour between 0 to 59 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(hour));
+				set_error_and_return_default("expected hour between 0 to 59 (inclusive), saw "sv, hour);
 			set_error_and_return_if_eof({});
 
 			// ':'
@@ -13356,8 +13369,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit minute, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 			const auto minute = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10u;
 			if (minute > 59u)
-				set_error_and_return_default("expected minute between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(minute));
+				set_error_and_return_default("expected minute between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv, minute);
 			auto time = toml::time{ hour, minute };
 
 			// ':'
@@ -13377,8 +13389,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 				set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit second, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 			const auto second = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10u;
 			if (second > 59u)
-				set_error_and_return_default("expected second between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(second));
+				set_error_and_return_default("expected second between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv, second);
 			time.second = static_cast<decltype(time.second)>(second);
 
 			// '.' (early-exiting is allowed; fractional is optional)
@@ -13398,8 +13409,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 			else if (!is_eof())
 			{
 				if (digit_count == max_digits && is_decimal_digit(*cp))
-					set_error_and_return_default("fractional component exceeds maximum precision of "sv,
-												 static_cast<uint64_t>(max_digits));
+					set_error_and_return_default("fractional component exceeds maximum precision of "sv, max_digits);
 				else if (!part_of_datetime && !is_value_terminator(*cp))
 					set_error_and_return_default("expected value-terminator, saw '"sv, to_sv(*cp), "'"sv);
 			}
@@ -13462,8 +13472,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 					set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit hour, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 				const auto hour = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10;
 				if (hour > 23)
-					set_error_and_return_default("expected hour between 0 and 23 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-												 static_cast<int64_t>(hour));
+					set_error_and_return_default("expected hour between 0 and 23 (inclusive), saw "sv, hour);
 				set_error_and_return_if_eof({});
 
 				// ':'
@@ -13476,8 +13485,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 					set_error_and_return_default("expected 2-digit minute, saw '"sv, to_sv(cp), "'"sv);
 				const auto minute = digits[1] + digits[0] * 10;
 				if (minute > 59)
-					set_error_and_return_default("expected minute between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv,
-												 static_cast<int64_t>(minute));
+					set_error_and_return_default("expected minute between 0 and 59 (inclusive), saw "sv, minute);
 				offset.minutes = static_cast<decltype(offset.minutes)>((hour * 60 + minute) * sign);
 			}
 
@@ -13546,7 +13554,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 			const depth_counter_scope depth_counter{ nested_values };
 			if TOML_UNLIKELY(nested_values > max_nested_values)
 				set_error_and_return_default("exceeded maximum nested value depth of "sv,
-											 static_cast<uint64_t>(max_nested_values),
+											 max_nested_values,
 											 " (TOML_MAX_NESTED_VALUES)"sv);
 
 			// check if it begins with some control character
@@ -13855,7 +13863,7 @@ TOML_IMPL_NAMESPACE_START
 							utf8_buffered_reader::max_history_length - 2u;
 						if TOML_UNLIKELY(!eof_while_scanning && advance_count > max_numeric_value_length)
 							set_error_and_return_default("numeric value too long to identify type - cannot exceed "sv,
-														 static_cast<uint64_t>(max_numeric_value_length),
+														 max_numeric_value_length,
 														 " characters"sv);
 
 						val.reset(new value{ parse_integer<10>() });