build: remove windows/arm target from goreleaser

Go 1.26 dropped support for 32-bit Windows on ARM (`windows/arm`).
This commit removes the `windows_arm` build targets from
`.goreleaser.yaml` to fix the build. `windows_arm64` is retained.

Co-authored-by: pelletier <172804+pelletier@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         dry-run: false
         language: go
     - name: Upload Crash
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       if: failure() && steps.build.outcome == 'success'
       with:
         name: artifacts

.github/workflows/go-versions-test.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           ./test-go-versions.sh --output ./test-results $VERSIONS
 
       - name: Upload test results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: go-versions-test-results
           path: |

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Run GoReleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v7
         with:
           distribution: goreleaser
           version: '~> v2'

.github/workflows/workflow.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest', 'macos-latest', 'macos-14' ]
         go: [ '1.24', '1.25' ]

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ builds:
       - linux_riscv64
       - windows_amd64
       - windows_arm64
-      - windows_arm
       - darwin_amd64
       - darwin_arm64
   - id: tomljson
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ builds:
       - linux_riscv64
       - windows_amd64
       - windows_arm64
-      - windows_arm
       - darwin_amd64
       - darwin_arm64
   - id: jsontoml
@@ -62,7 +60,6 @@ builds:
       - linux_arm
       - windows_amd64
       - windows_arm64
-      - windows_arm
       - darwin_amd64
       - darwin_arm64
 universal_binaries:

unmarshaler.go

@@ -56,13 +56,18 @@ func (d *Decoder) DisallowUnknownFields() *Decoder {
 
 // EnableUnmarshalerInterface allows to enable unmarshaler interface.
 //
-// With this feature enabled, types implementing the unstable/Unmarshaler
+// With this feature enabled, types implementing the unstable.Unmarshaler
 // interface can be decoded from any structure of the document. It allows types
 // that don't have a straightforward TOML representation to provide their own
 // decoding logic.
 //
-// Currently, types can only decode from a single value. Tables and array tables
+// The UnmarshalTOML method receives raw TOML bytes:
-// are not supported.
+//   - For single values: the raw value bytes (e.g., `"hello"` for a string)
+//   - For tables: all key-value lines belonging to that table
+//   - For inline tables/arrays: the raw bytes of the inline structure
+//
+// The unstable.RawMessage type can be used to capture raw TOML bytes for
+// later processing, similar to json.RawMessage.
 //
 // *Unstable:* This method does not follow the compatibility guarantees of
 // semver. It can be changed or removed without a new major version being
@@ -599,18 +604,28 @@ func (d *decoder) handleArrayTablePart(key unstable.Iterator, v reflect.Value) (
 // cannot handle it.
 func (d *decoder) handleTable(key unstable.Iterator, v reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, error) {
 	if v.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
-		if v.Len() == 0 {
+		// For non-empty slices, work with the last element
-			return reflect.Value{}, unstable.NewParserError(key.Node().Data, "cannot store a table in a slice")
+		if v.Len() > 0 {
+			elem := v.Index(v.Len() - 1)
+			x, err := d.handleTable(key, elem)
+			if err != nil {
+				return reflect.Value{}, err
+			}
+			if x.IsValid() {
+				elem.Set(x)
+			}
+			return reflect.Value{}, nil
 		}
-		elem := v.Index(v.Len() - 1)
+		// Empty slice - check if it implements Unmarshaler (e.g., RawMessage)
-		x, err := d.handleTable(key, elem)
+		// and we're at the end of the key path
-		if err != nil {
+		if d.unmarshalerInterface && !key.Next() {
-			return reflect.Value{}, err
+			if v.CanAddr() && v.Addr().CanInterface() {
+				if outi, ok := v.Addr().Interface().(unstable.Unmarshaler); ok {
+					return d.handleKeyValuesUnmarshaler(outi)
+				}
+			}
 		}
-		if x.IsValid() {
+		return reflect.Value{}, unstable.NewParserError(key.Node().Data, "cannot store a table in a slice")
-			elem.Set(x)
-		}
-		return reflect.Value{}, nil
 	}
 	if key.Next() {
 		// Still scoping the key
@@ -624,6 +639,24 @@ func (d *decoder) handleTable(key unstable.Iterator, v reflect.Value) (reflect.V
 // Handle root expressions until the end of the document or the next
 // non-key-value.
 func (d *decoder) handleKeyValues(v reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, error) {
+	// Check if target implements Unmarshaler before processing key-values.
+	// This allows types to handle entire tables themselves.
+	if d.unmarshalerInterface {
+		vv := v
+		for vv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+			if vv.IsNil() {
+				vv.Set(reflect.New(vv.Type().Elem()))
+			}
+			vv = vv.Elem()
+		}
+		if vv.CanAddr() && vv.Addr().CanInterface() {
+			if outi, ok := vv.Addr().Interface().(unstable.Unmarshaler); ok {
+				// Collect all key-value expressions for this table
+				return d.handleKeyValuesUnmarshaler(outi)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	var rv reflect.Value
 	for d.nextExpr() {
 		expr := d.expr()
@@ -653,6 +686,41 @@ func (d *decoder) handleKeyValues(v reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, error) {
 	return rv, nil
 }
 
+// handleKeyValuesUnmarshaler collects all key-value expressions for a table
+// and passes them to the Unmarshaler as raw TOML bytes.
+func (d *decoder) handleKeyValuesUnmarshaler(u unstable.Unmarshaler) (reflect.Value, error) {
+	// Collect raw bytes from all key-value expressions for this table.
+	// We use the Raw field on each KeyValue expression to preserve the
+	// original formatting (whitespace, quoting style, etc.) from the document.
+	var buf []byte
+
+	for d.nextExpr() {
+		expr := d.expr()
+		if expr.Kind != unstable.KeyValue {
+			d.stashExpr()
+			break
+		}
+
+		_, err := d.seen.CheckExpression(expr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return reflect.Value{}, err
+		}
+
+		// Use the raw bytes from the original document to preserve formatting
+		if expr.Raw.Length > 0 {
+			raw := d.p.Raw(expr.Raw)
+			buf = append(buf, raw...)
+		}
+		buf = append(buf, '\n')
+	}
+
+	if err := u.UnmarshalTOML(buf); err != nil {
+		return reflect.Value{}, err
+	}
+
+	return reflect.Value{}, nil
+}
+
 type (
 	handlerFn    func(key unstable.Iterator, v reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, error)
 	valueMakerFn func() reflect.Value
@@ -697,7 +765,8 @@ func (d *decoder) handleValue(value *unstable.Node, v reflect.Value) error {
 	if d.unmarshalerInterface {
 		if v.CanAddr() && v.Addr().CanInterface() {
 			if outi, ok := v.Addr().Interface().(unstable.Unmarshaler); ok {
-				return outi.UnmarshalTOML(value)
+				// Pass raw bytes from the original document
+				return outi.UnmarshalTOML(d.p.Raw(value.Raw))
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1201,7 +1270,8 @@ func (d *decoder) handleKeyValuePart(key unstable.Iterator, value *unstable.Node
 			if d.unmarshalerInterface {
 				if v.CanAddr() && v.Addr().CanInterface() {
 					if outi, ok := v.Addr().Interface().(unstable.Unmarshaler); ok {
-						return reflect.Value{}, outi.UnmarshalTOML(value)
+						// Pass raw bytes from the original document
+						return reflect.Value{}, outi.UnmarshalTOML(d.p.Raw(value.Raw))
 					}
 				}
 			}

unmarshaler_test.go

@@ -96,6 +96,132 @@ func ExampleUnmarshal() {
 	// tags: [go toml]
 }
 
+// pluginConfig demonstrates how to implement dynamic unmarshaling
+// based on a "type" field. This pattern is useful for plugin systems
+// or polymorphic configuration.
+type pluginConfig struct {
+	Type   string
+	Config any
+}
+
+func (p *pluginConfig) UnmarshalTOML(data []byte) error {
+	// First, decode just the type field
+	var typeOnly struct {
+		Type string `toml:"type"`
+	}
+	if err := toml.Unmarshal(data, &typeOnly); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	p.Type = typeOnly.Type
+
+	// Now decode the config based on the type
+	switch typeOnly.Type {
+	case "database":
+		var cfg struct {
+			Type string `toml:"type"`
+			Host string `toml:"host"`
+			Port int    `toml:"port"`
+		}
+		if err := toml.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		p.Config = map[string]any{"host": cfg.Host, "port": cfg.Port}
+	case "cache":
+		var cfg struct {
+			Type string `toml:"type"`
+			TTL  int    `toml:"ttl"`
+		}
+		if err := toml.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		p.Config = map[string]any{"ttl": cfg.TTL}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// This example demonstrates dynamic unmarshaling based on a discriminator
+// field. The pluginConfig type uses UnmarshalTOML to first read the "type"
+// field, then decode the rest of the configuration based on that type.
+// This pattern is useful for plugin systems or configuration that varies
+// by type.
+func ExampleDecoder_EnableUnmarshalerInterface_dynamicConfig() {
+	doc := `
+[[plugins]]
+type = "database"
+host = "localhost"
+port = 5432
+
+[[plugins]]
+type = "cache"
+ttl = 300
+`
+	type Config struct {
+		Plugins []pluginConfig `toml:"plugins"`
+	}
+
+	var cfg Config
+	err := toml.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(doc)).
+		EnableUnmarshalerInterface().
+		Decode(&cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, p := range cfg.Plugins {
+		fmt.Printf("type=%s config=%v\n", p.Type, p.Config)
+	}
+	// Output:
+	// type=database config=map[host:localhost port:5432]
+	// type=cache config=map[ttl:300]
+}
+
+// This example demonstrates using RawMessage to capture raw TOML bytes
+// for later processing. RawMessage is similar to json.RawMessage - it
+// delays decoding so you can inspect the raw content or decode it
+// differently based on context.
+func ExampleDecoder_EnableUnmarshalerInterface_rawMessage() {
+	doc := `
+[plugin]
+name = "example"
+version = "1.0"
+enabled = true
+`
+
+	type Config struct {
+		Plugin unstable.RawMessage `toml:"plugin"`
+	}
+
+	var cfg Config
+	err := toml.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(doc)).
+		EnableUnmarshalerInterface().
+		Decode(&cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// cfg.Plugin contains the raw TOML bytes
+	fmt.Printf("Raw TOML captured:\n%s", cfg.Plugin)
+
+	// You can later decode it into a specific type
+	var plugin struct {
+		Name    string `toml:"name"`
+		Version string `toml:"version"`
+		Enabled bool   `toml:"enabled"`
+	}
+	if err := toml.Unmarshal(cfg.Plugin, &plugin); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Decoded: name=%s version=%s enabled=%v\n",
+		plugin.Name, plugin.Version, plugin.Enabled)
+
+	// Output:
+	// Raw TOML captured:
+	// name = "example"
+	// version = "1.0"
+	// enabled = true
+	// Decoded: name=example version=1.0 enabled=true
+}
+
 type badReader struct{}
 
 func (r *badReader) Read([]byte) (int, error) {
@@ -3900,8 +4026,8 @@ type CustomUnmarshalerKey struct {
 	A int64
 }
 
-func (k *CustomUnmarshalerKey) UnmarshalTOML(value *unstable.Node) error {
+func (k *CustomUnmarshalerKey) UnmarshalTOML(data []byte) error {
-	item, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(value.Data), 10, 64)
+	item, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(data), 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error converting to int64, %w", err)
 	}
@@ -3989,7 +4115,7 @@ foo = "bar"`,
 
 type doc994 struct{}
 
-func (d *doc994) UnmarshalTOML(*unstable.Node) error {
+func (d *doc994) UnmarshalTOML([]byte) error {
 	return errors.New("expected-error")
 }
 
@@ -4012,8 +4138,8 @@ type doc994ok struct {
 	S string
 }
 
-func (d *doc994ok) UnmarshalTOML(value *unstable.Node) error {
+func (d *doc994ok) UnmarshalTOML(data []byte) error {
-	d.S = string(value.Data) + " from unmarshaler"
+	d.S = string(data) + " from unmarshaler"
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -4026,7 +4152,8 @@ func TestIssue994_OK(t *testing.T) {
 		Decode(&d)
 
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "bar from unmarshaler", d.S)
+	// With bytes-based interface, raw TOML bytes are passed including quotes
+	assert.Equal(t, "\"bar\" from unmarshaler", d.S)
 }
 
 func TestIssue995(t *testing.T) {
@@ -4385,3 +4512,265 @@ func TestIssue1028(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 	})
 }
+
+// Tests for issue #873 - Bring back toml.Unmarshaler for tables and arrays
+
+type customTable873 struct {
+	Keys   []string
+	Values map[string]string
+}
+
+func (c *customTable873) UnmarshalTOML(data []byte) error {
+	c.Keys = []string{}
+	c.Values = make(map[string]string)
+
+	// Parse the raw TOML bytes into a map to extract keys in order
+	// For this test, we use a simple line-by-line parser to preserve order
+	lines := bytes.Split(data, []byte{'\n'})
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		line = bytes.TrimSpace(line)
+		if len(line) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Skip table headers
+		if line[0] == '[' {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Parse key = value
+		eqIdx := bytes.Index(line, []byte{'='})
+		if eqIdx < 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		key := string(bytes.TrimSpace(line[:eqIdx]))
+		// Remove quotes from quoted keys
+		if len(key) >= 2 && key[0] == '"' && key[len(key)-1] == '"' {
+			key = key[1 : len(key)-1]
+		}
+		valueBytes := bytes.TrimSpace(line[eqIdx+1:])
+		// Remove quotes from string values
+		if len(valueBytes) >= 2 && valueBytes[0] == '"' && valueBytes[len(valueBytes)-1] == '"' {
+			valueBytes = valueBytes[1 : len(valueBytes)-1]
+		}
+		c.Keys = append(c.Keys, key)
+		c.Values[key] = string(valueBytes)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Test for split tables - when the same parent table is defined in multiple places
+// This is a key requirement for issue #873: if type A implements Unmarshaler,
+// and [a.b] and [a.d] are defined with another table [x] in between,
+// A should receive content for both b and d, but not x.
+func TestIssue873_SplitTables(t *testing.T) {
+	// For this test, we expect each sub-table to be handled separately
+	// The parent doesn't receive the sub-tables directly - each sub-table
+	// (b and d) gets its own call to handleKeyValues
+	type Config struct {
+		A struct {
+			B customTable873 `toml:"b"`
+			D customTable873 `toml:"d"`
+		} `toml:"a"`
+		X customTable873 `toml:"x"`
+	}
+
+	doc := `
+[a.b]
+C = "1"
+
+[x]
+Y = "100"
+
+[a.d]
+E = "2"
+`
+
+	var cfg Config
+	err := toml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader([]byte(doc))).
+		EnableUnmarshalerInterface().
+		Decode(&cfg)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	// Each sub-table should have received its own key-values
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"C"}, cfg.A.B.Keys)
+	assert.Equal(t, "1", cfg.A.B.Values["C"])
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"E"}, cfg.A.D.Keys)
+	assert.Equal(t, "2", cfg.A.D.Values["E"])
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Y"}, cfg.X.Keys)
+	assert.Equal(t, "100", cfg.X.Values["Y"])
+}
+
+// Test using RawMessage to capture raw TOML bytes
+func TestIssue873_RawMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	type Config struct {
+		Plugin unstable.RawMessage `toml:"plugin"`
+	}
+
+	doc := `
+[plugin]
+name = "example"
+version = "1.0"
+`
+
+	var cfg Config
+	err := toml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader([]byte(doc))).
+		EnableUnmarshalerInterface().
+		Decode(&cfg)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	// RawMessage should contain the raw key-value bytes
+	expected := "name = \"example\"\nversion = \"1.0\"\n"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, string(cfg.Plugin))
+}
+
+// Test keys that need quoting (contain special characters)
+func TestIssue873_QuotedKeys(t *testing.T) {
+	type Config struct {
+		Section customTable873 `toml:"section"`
+	}
+
+	doc := `
+[section]
+"key with spaces" = "value1"
+"key.with.dots" = "value2"
+`
+
+	var cfg Config
+	err := toml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader([]byte(doc))).
+		EnableUnmarshalerInterface().
+		Decode(&cfg)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(cfg.Section.Keys))
+	assert.Equal(t, "value1", cfg.Section.Values["key with spaces"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "value2", cfg.Section.Values["key.with.dots"])
+}
+
+// errorUnmarshaler873 is used to test error propagation from UnmarshalTOML
+type errorUnmarshaler873 struct{}
+
+func (e *errorUnmarshaler873) UnmarshalTOML([]byte) error {
+	return errors.New("intentional error")
+}
+
+// Test error propagation from UnmarshalTOML
+func TestIssue873_UnmarshalerError(t *testing.T) {
+	doc := `
+[section]
+key = "value"
+`
+
+	type Config struct {
+		Section errorUnmarshaler873 `toml:"section"`
+	}
+
+	var cfg Config
+	err := toml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader([]byte(doc))).
+		EnableUnmarshalerInterface().
+		Decode(&cfg)
+
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "intentional error"))
+}
+
+// Test dotted keys in a table (e.g., a.b = value)
+func TestIssue873_DottedKeys(t *testing.T) {
+	type Config struct {
+		Section customTable873 `toml:"section"`
+	}
+
+	doc := `
+[section]
+sub.key = "value1"
+another.nested.key = "value2"
+`
+
+	var cfg Config
+	err := toml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader([]byte(doc))).
+		EnableUnmarshalerInterface().
+		Decode(&cfg)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(cfg.Section.Keys))
+	// The dotted keys should be preserved in the raw output
+	assert.Equal(t, "value1", cfg.Section.Values["sub.key"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "value2", cfg.Section.Values["another.nested.key"])
+}
+
+// Test pointer to pointer to Unmarshaler (covers pointer dereferencing loop)
+func TestIssue873_DoublePointerUnmarshaler(t *testing.T) {
+	type Config struct {
+		Section **customTable873 `toml:"section"`
+	}
+
+	doc := `
+[section]
+key = "value"
+`
+
+	var cfg Config
+	err := toml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader([]byte(doc))).
+		EnableUnmarshalerInterface().
+		Decode(&cfg)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, cfg.Section != nil)
+	assert.True(t, *cfg.Section != nil)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"key"}, (*cfg.Section).Keys)
+	assert.Equal(t, "value", (*cfg.Section).Values["key"])
+}
+
+// formattingCapture captures the raw TOML bytes to verify formatting preservation
+type formattingCapture struct {
+	RawBytes string
+}
+
+func (f *formattingCapture) UnmarshalTOML(data []byte) error {
+	f.RawBytes = string(data)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestIssue873_FormattingPreservation(t *testing.T) {
+	type Config struct {
+		Section *formattingCapture `toml:"section"`
+	}
+
+	// Test that various formatting styles are preserved:
+	// - Extra spaces around '='
+	// - Literal strings (single quotes)
+	// - Hex numbers
+	// - Inline tables
+	doc := `[section]
+key1   =   "value with spaces"
+key2 = 'literal string'
+hex_val = 0xDEADBEEF
+inline = { a = 1, b = 2 }
+`
+
+	var cfg Config
+	err := toml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader([]byte(doc))).
+		EnableUnmarshalerInterface().
+		Decode(&cfg)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, cfg.Section != nil)
+
+	// The raw bytes should preserve original formatting
+	raw := cfg.Section.RawBytes
+
+	// Check that extra spaces around '=' are preserved
+	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(raw, "key1   =   \"value with spaces\""),
+		"Expected spacing to be preserved, got: %s", raw)
+
+	// Check that literal string style is preserved
+	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(raw, "key2 = 'literal string'"),
+		"Expected literal string to be preserved, got: %s", raw)
+
+	// Check that hex format is preserved
+	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(raw, "hex_val = 0xDEADBEEF"),
+		"Expected hex format to be preserved, got: %s", raw)
+
+	// Check that inline table is preserved
+	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(raw, "inline = { a = 1, b = 2 }"),
+		"Expected inline table to be preserved, got: %s", raw)
+}

unstable/parser.go

@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ func (p *Parser) parseStdTable(b []byte) (reference, []byte, error) {
 
 func (p *Parser) parseKeyval(b []byte) (reference, []byte, error) {
 	// keyval = key keyval-sep val
+	// Track the start position for Raw range
+	startB := b
+
 	ref := p.builder.Push(Node{
 		Kind: KeyValue,
 	})
@@ -360,6 +363,10 @@ func (p *Parser) parseKeyval(b []byte) (reference, []byte, error) {
 	p.builder.Chain(valRef, key)
 	p.builder.AttachChild(ref, valRef)
 
+	// Set Raw to span the entire key-value expression
+	node := p.builder.NodeAt(ref)
+	node.Raw = p.rangeOfToken(startB[:len(startB)-len(b)], b)
+
 	return ref, b, err
 }
 

unstable/parser_test.go

@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ key5 = [ # Next to start of inline array.
 	// ---
 	// 6:1->6:22 (105->126)      | Comment [# Above simple value.]
 	// ---
-	// 1:1->1:1 (0->0)           | KeyValue []
+	// 7:1->7:14 (127->140)      | KeyValue []
 	// 7:7->7:14 (133->140)      |   String [value]
 	// 7:1->7:4 (127->130)       |   Key [key]
 	// 7:15->7:38 (141->164)     | Comment [# Next to simple value.]
@@ -552,12 +552,12 @@ key5 = [ # Next to start of inline array.
 	// ---
 	// 14:1->14:22 (252->273)    | Comment [# Above inline table.]
 	// ---
-	// 1:1->1:1 (0->0)           | KeyValue []
+	// 15:1->15:50 (274->323)    | KeyValue []
 	// 15:8->15:9 (281->282)     |   InlineTable []
-	// 1:1->1:1 (0->0)           |     KeyValue []
+	// 15:10->15:23 (283->296)   |     KeyValue []
 	// 15:18->15:23 (291->296)   |       String [Tom]
 	// 15:10->15:15 (283->288)   |       Key [first]
-	// 1:1->1:1 (0->0)           |     KeyValue []
+	// 15:25->15:48 (298->321)   |     KeyValue []
 	// 15:32->15:48 (305->321)   |       String [Preston-Werner]
 	// 15:25->15:29 (298->302)   |       Key [last]
 	// 15:1->15:5 (274->278)     |   Key [name]
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ key5 = [ # Next to start of inline array.
 	// ---
 	// 18:1->18:15 (371->385)    | Comment [# Above array.]
 	// ---
-	// 1:1->1:1 (0->0)           | KeyValue []
+	// 19:1->19:20 (386->405)    | KeyValue []
 	// 1:1->1:1 (0->0)           |   Array []
 	// 19:11->19:12 (396->397)   |     Integer [1]
 	// 19:14->19:15 (399->400)   |     Integer [2]
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ key5 = [ # Next to start of inline array.
 	// ---
 	// 22:1->22:26 (448->473)    | Comment [# Above multi-line array.]
 	// ---
-	// 1:1->1:1 (0->0)           | KeyValue []
+	// 23:1->31:2 (474->694)     | KeyValue []
 	// 1:1->1:1 (0->0)           |   Array []
 	// 23:10->23:42 (483->515)   |     Comment [# Next to start of inline array.]
 	// 24:3->24:38 (518->553)    |       Comment [# Second line before array content.]

unstable/unmarshaler.go

@@ -1,7 +1,32 @@
 package unstable
 
-// The Unmarshaler interface may be implemented by types to customize their
+// Unmarshaler is implemented by types that can unmarshal a TOML
-// behavior when being unmarshaled from a TOML document.
+// description of themselves. The input is a valid TOML document
+// containing the relevant portion of the parsed document.
+//
+// For tables (including split tables defined in multiple places),
+// the data contains the raw key-value bytes from the original document
+// with adjusted table headers to be relative to the unmarshaling target.
 type Unmarshaler interface {
-	UnmarshalTOML(value *Node) error
+	UnmarshalTOML(data []byte) error
+}
+
+// RawMessage is a raw encoded TOML value. It implements Unmarshaler
+// and can be used to delay TOML decoding or capture raw content.
+//
+// Example usage:
+//
+//	type Config struct {
+//	    Plugin RawMessage `toml:"plugin"`
+//	}
+//
+//	var cfg Config
+//	toml.NewDecoder(r).EnableUnmarshalerInterface().Decode(&cfg)
+//	// cfg.Plugin now contains the raw TOML bytes for [plugin]
+type RawMessage []byte
+
+// UnmarshalTOML implements Unmarshaler.
+func (m *RawMessage) UnmarshalTOML(data []byte) error {
+	*m = append((*m)[0:0], data...)
+	return nil
 }