diff --git a/src/ast/lit.rs b/src/ast/lit.rs
index 091c82a..d3c69cd 100644
--- a/src/ast/lit.rs
+++ b/src/ast/lit.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ impl HasSpan for NumLit {
     }
 }
 
+impl NumLit {
+    pub fn lit(self) -> Lit {
+        Lit::Num(self)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub enum StringLitElem {
     /// Normal unescaped characters
@@ -100,6 +106,10 @@ impl StringLit {
             span: ident.span,
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn lit(self) -> Lit {
+        Lit::String(self)
+    }
 }
 
 impl HasSpan for StringLit {
@@ -144,6 +154,12 @@ impl HasSpan for TableLit {
     }
 }
 
+impl TableLit {
+    pub fn lit(self) -> Lit {
+        Lit::Table(self)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub enum Lit {
     /// `nil`
diff --git a/src/desugar/call.rs b/src/desugar/call.rs
index 162036b..4a84fcf 100644
--- a/src/desugar/call.rs
+++ b/src/desugar/call.rs
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ impl Call {
                     value: arg,
                     span,
                 };
-                let new =
-                    Lit::Table(BoundedSeparated::new(span).then(call).then(arg).table_lit()).expr();
+                let new = BoundedSeparated::new(span)
+                    .then(call)
+                    .then(arg)
+                    .table_lit()
+                    .lit()
+                    .expr();
                 (new, true)
             }
 
diff --git a/src/desugar/field.rs b/src/desugar/field.rs
index cc7f601..f66a482 100644
--- a/src/desugar/field.rs
+++ b/src/desugar/field.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl Field {
                     expr,
                     s0,
                     s1,
-                    index: Lit::String(StringLit::from_ident(ident)).expr().boxed(),
+                    index: StringLit::from_ident(ident).lit().expr().boxed(),
                     s2: Space::empty(span),
                     span,
                 };
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl Field {
                     expr,
                     s0,
                     s1,
-                    index: Lit::String(StringLit::from_ident(ident)).expr().boxed(),
+                    index: StringLit::from_ident(ident).lit().expr().boxed(),
                     s2: Space::empty(span),
                     s3: s2,
                     s4: s3,
diff --git a/src/desugar/func_def.rs b/src/desugar/func_def.rs
index fd2a6bc..ecbb1b4 100644
--- a/src/desugar/func_def.rs
+++ b/src/desugar/func_def.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ impl FuncDef {
                         span,
                     })
                     .table_lit();
-                let quote = Lit::Table(quote).expr().boxed();
+                let quote = quote.lit().expr().boxed();
                 let scope = Call::NoArg {
                     expr: Lit::Builtin(Builtin::Scope, span).expr().boxed(),
                     s0: Space::empty(span),
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl FuncDef {
                     s0: Space::empty(span),
                     s1: Space::empty(span),
                     s2: Space::empty(span),
-                    body: Lit::Table(body).expr().boxed(),
+                    body: body.lit().expr().boxed(),
                     span,
                 };
                 (new.expr(), true)
diff --git a/src/desugar/program.rs b/src/desugar/program.rs
index d972273..615998b 100644
--- a/src/desugar/program.rs
+++ b/src/desugar/program.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::ast::{Expr, Lit, Program, Space};
+use crate::ast::{Program, Space};
 
 impl Program {
     pub fn desugar(self) -> (Self, bool) {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ impl Program {
                 // -> `s0 table`
                 let new = Self::Expr {
                     s0,
-                    expr: Lit::Table(elems.table_lit()).expr(),
+                    expr: elems.table_lit().lit().expr(),
                     s1: Space::empty(span),
                     span,
                 };
diff --git a/src/desugar/table_constr.rs b/src/desugar/table_constr.rs
index f74c432..8fa183d 100644
--- a/src/desugar/table_constr.rs
+++ b/src/desugar/table_constr.rs
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ impl TableConstr {
             name: Ident::new("raw", span),
             s0: Space::empty(span),
             s1: Space::empty(span),
-            value: Lit::Table(elems.table_lit()).expr().boxed(),
+            value: elems.table_lit().lit().expr().boxed(),
             span,
         };
-        let mut expr = Lit::Table(BoundedSeparated::new(span).then(raw_elem).table_lit()).expr();
+        let mut expr = BoundedSeparated::new(span)
+            .then(raw_elem)
+            .table_lit()
+            .lit()
+            .expr();
 
         // `sl [ s0 index s1 ] s2 = s3 value sr`
         // -> `expr s0 [ s1 index s2 ] s3 = s4 s5 value`
diff --git a/src/desugar/table_destr.rs b/src/desugar/table_destr.rs
index c07c400..cbd053b 100644
--- a/src/desugar/table_destr.rs
+++ b/src/desugar/table_destr.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fn pattern_to_constr(pattern: TablePattern) -> TableConstr {
         .0
         .map(|e| match e {
             TablePatternElem::Positional(ident) => TableConstrElem::Lit(TableLitElem::Positional(
-                Lit::String(StringLit::from_ident(ident)).expr().boxed(),
+                StringLit::from_ident(ident).lit().expr().boxed(),
             )),
 
             TablePatternElem::Named {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn pattern_to_constr(pattern: TablePattern) -> TableConstr {
                 name,
                 s0,
                 s1,
-                value: Lit::String(StringLit::from_ident(ident)).expr().boxed(),
+                value: StringLit::from_ident(ident).lit().expr().boxed(),
                 span,
             }),
         })
diff --git a/src/desugar/var.rs b/src/desugar/var.rs
index b77aa34..ffad828 100644
--- a/src/desugar/var.rs
+++ b/src/desugar/var.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl Var {
                 let span = name.span();
                 let new = Self::Access {
                     s0: Space::empty(span),
-                    index: Lit::String(StringLit::from_ident(name)).expr().boxed(),
+                    index: StringLit::from_ident(name).lit().expr().boxed(),
                     s1: Space::empty(span),
                     span,
                 };
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ impl Var {
                 let new = Self::Assign {
                     local,
                     s0: Space::empty(span),
-                    index: Lit::String(StringLit::from_ident(name)).expr().boxed(),
+                    index: StringLit::from_ident(name).lit().expr().boxed(),
                     s1: Space::empty(span),
                     s2: s0,
                     s3: s1,