diff --git a/ssc/ast/nodes.cs b/ssc/ast/nodes.cs
index 42d04a8..69dac4b 100644
--- a/ssc/ast/nodes.cs
+++ b/ssc/ast/nodes.cs
@@ -132,25 +132,12 @@ namespace arookas
 
 	abstract class sunToken<TValue> : sunNode
 	{
-		public TValue Value { get; private set; }
+		public TValue Value { get; protected set; }
 
-		protected sunToken(sunSourceLocation location, string token)
+		protected sunToken(sunSourceLocation location)
 			: base(location)
 		{
-			Value = ParseValue(token);
-		}
-
-		protected abstract TValue ParseValue(string token);
-	}
-
-	abstract class sunRawToken : sunToken<string>
-	{
-		protected sunRawToken(sunSourceLocation location, string token)
-			: base(location, token)
-		{
 
 		}
-
-		protected override string ParseValue(string token) { return token; }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ssc/ast/nodes.literals.cs b/ssc/ast/nodes.literals.cs
index 9406e5d..d23592c 100644
--- a/ssc/ast/nodes.literals.cs
+++ b/ssc/ast/nodes.literals.cs
@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@ namespace arookas
 {
 	class sunIntLiteral : sunToken<int> // base-10 integer
 	{
-		public sunIntLiteral(sunSourceLocation location, string token)
-			: base(location, token)
+		public sunIntLiteral(sunSourceLocation location, string literal)
+			: base(location)
 		{
-
+			Value = Int32.Parse(literal);
+		}
+		protected sunIntLiteral(sunSourceLocation location)
+			: base(location)
+		{
+			// this overload lets protected classes set the value to something else
 		}
-
-		protected override int ParseValue(string token) { return Int32.Parse(token); }
 
 		public override void Compile(sunContext context)
 		{
@@ -22,38 +25,30 @@ namespace arookas
 
 	class sunHexLiteral : sunIntLiteral // base-16 integer
 	{
-		public sunHexLiteral(sunSourceLocation location, string token)
-			: base(location, token)
-		{
-
-		}
-
-		protected override int ParseValue(string token)
+		public sunHexLiteral(sunSourceLocation location, string literal)
+			: base(location)
 		{
 			// because .NET's hex parsing is gay and doesn't support
 			// leading signs, manually detect negative literals
-			var neg = (token[0] == '-');
+			var neg = (literal[0] == '-');
 			var trim = neg ? 3 : 2;
-			var digits = token.Substring(trim); // trim the '0x' prefix before parsing
-			var value = Int32.Parse(token.Substring(2), NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier);
+			var digits = literal.Substring(trim); // trim the '0x' prefix before parsing
+			Value = Int32.Parse(literal.Substring(2), NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier);
 			if (neg)
 			{
-				value = -value;
+				Value = -Value;
 			}
-			return value;
 		}
 	}
 
 	class sunFloatLiteral : sunToken<float>
 	{
-		public sunFloatLiteral(sunSourceLocation location, string token)
-			: base(location, token)
+		public sunFloatLiteral(sunSourceLocation location, string literal)
+			: base(location)
 		{
-
+			Value = Single.Parse(literal);
 		}
 
-		protected override float ParseValue(string image) { return Single.Parse(image); }
-
 		public override void Compile(sunContext context)
 		{
 			context.Text.PushFloat(Value);
@@ -62,14 +57,12 @@ namespace arookas
 
 	class sunStringLiteral : sunToken<string>
 	{
-		public sunStringLiteral(sunSourceLocation location, string token)
-			: base(location, token)
+		public sunStringLiteral(sunSourceLocation location, string literal)
+			: base(location)
 		{
-
+			Value = UnescapeString(literal.Substring(1, literal.Length - 2)); // remove enclosing quotes
 		}
 
-		protected override string ParseValue(string image) { return UnescapeString(image.Substring(1, image.Length - 2)); } // remove enclosing quotes
-
 		public override void Compile(sunContext context)
 		{
 			context.Text.PushData(context.DataTable.Add(Value));
@@ -162,16 +155,17 @@ namespace arookas
 		}
 	}
 
-	class sunIdentifier : sunRawToken
+	class sunIdentifier : sunToken<string>
 	{
-		public sunIdentifier(sunSourceLocation location, string token)
-			: base(location, token)
+		public sunIdentifier(sunSourceLocation location, string identifier)
+			: base(location)
 		{
 			// make sure it is a valid identifier name (i.e. not a keyword)
-			if (sunParser.IsKeyword(Value))
+			if (sunParser.IsKeyword(identifier))
 			{
 				throw new sunIdentifierException(this);
 			}
+			Value = identifier;
 		}
 
 		// identifiers are compiled on a per-context basis (i.e. at a higher level)
@@ -179,23 +173,19 @@ namespace arookas
 
 	class sunTrue : sunIntLiteral
 	{
-		public sunTrue(sunSourceLocation location, string token)
-			: base(location, token)
+		public sunTrue(sunSourceLocation location)
+			: base(location)
 		{
-
+			Value = 1;
 		}
-
-		protected override int ParseValue(string token) { return 1; }
 	}
 
 	class sunFalse : sunIntLiteral
 	{
-		public sunFalse(sunSourceLocation location, string token)
-			: base(location, token)
+		public sunFalse(sunSourceLocation location)
+			: base(location)
 		{
-
+			Value = 0;
 		}
-
-		protected override int ParseValue(string token) { return 0; }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ssc/parser.cs b/ssc/parser.cs
index 7d41bd6..2a30cae 100644
--- a/ssc/parser.cs
+++ b/ssc/parser.cs
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ namespace arookas
 				case __sunConstants.STRING: return new sunStringLiteral(location, token);
 				case __sunConstants.IDENTIFIER: return new sunIdentifier(location, token);
 				case __sunConstants.ELLIPSIS: return new sunEllipsis(location);
-				case __sunConstants.TRUE: return new sunTrue(location, token);
-				case __sunConstants.FALSE: return new sunFalse(location, token);
+				case __sunConstants.TRUE: return new sunTrue(location);
+				case __sunConstants.FALSE: return new sunFalse(location);
 			}
 
 			// operators