diff --git a/src/nbt/NBT.cpp b/src/nbt/NBT.cpp
index 33f2de5..639b106 100644
--- a/src/nbt/NBT.cpp
+++ b/src/nbt/NBT.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ namespace NBT
             case TAG_LONG_ARRAY:
                 return m_node->payload.tag_long_array.length;
             
+            case TAG_STRING:
+                // cNBT does not store string length so compute here
+                return strlen(m_node->payload.tag_string);
+            
             case TAG_LIST:
                 return list_length(&(m_node->payload.tag_list->entry));
             case TAG_COMPOUND:
diff --git a/src/nbt/NBT.h b/src/nbt/NBT.h
index a8b9352..66454e3 100644
--- a/src/nbt/NBT.h
+++ b/src/nbt/NBT.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct list_head;
 
 namespace NBT
 {
+    // Represents a generic NBT tag of any type
     class Tag
     {
     protected:
@@ -21,10 +22,12 @@ namespace NBT
         static Tag CreateListTag(nbt_node* node);
     public:
 
+        // This will be "<null>" if the tag is nameless
         const char* GetName() const;
 
         // Get the number of iterable immediate children
         size_t GetLength() const;
+
         const char* ToString() const;
     };
 
@@ -42,6 +45,16 @@ namespace NBT
         inline operator T() const { return GetValue(); }
     };
 
+    // Standard value types
+    using ByteTag = DataTag<int8_t>;
+    using ShortTag = DataTag<int16_t>;
+    using IntTag = DataTag<int32_t>;
+    using LongTag = DataTag<int64_t>;
+    using FloatTag = DataTag<float>;
+    using DoubleTag = DataTag<double>;
+
+    // Represents a generic array, used for StringTag,
+    // ByteArrayTag, IntArrayTag, and LongArrayTag
     template <typename T>
     class ArrayTag : public DataTag<T*>
     {
@@ -50,12 +63,22 @@ namespace NBT
 
         const T* GetValue() const;
 
+        // Methods for range-based for loops
+        // TODO: check if this works for IntArrayTag and LongArrayTag
         const T* begin() { return GetValue(); }
-        const T* end() { return &(GetValue()[this->GetLength()]); }
+        const T* end() { return GetValue() + Tag::GetLength(); }
     };
 
+    // A string is an array of char. Its length is
+    // not stored by cNBT, so Tag::GetLength uses strlen
     using StringTag = ArrayTag<char>;
 
+    // Standard array types
+    using ByteArrayTag = ArrayTag<int8_t>;
+    using IntArrayTag = ArrayTag<int32_t>;
+    using LongArrayTag = ArrayTag<int64_t>;
+
+    // Represents a list of nameless tags of the same type
     template <typename T>
     class ListTag : public Tag
     {