diff --git a/src/jse/luajc.java b/src/jse/luajc.java
index bd2bd4c1..d6fa9176 100644
--- a/src/jse/luajc.java
+++ b/src/jse/luajc.java
@@ -239,7 +239,9 @@ public class luajc {
         	}
         	
 		} catch ( Throwable t ) {
+			System.err.println("    failed to load "+inf.srcfilename+": "+t );
 			t.printStackTrace( System.err );
+			System.err.flush();
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/BasicBlock.java b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/BasicBlock.java
index 92014402..8339039e 100644
--- a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/BasicBlock.java
+++ b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/BasicBlock.java
@@ -102,18 +102,17 @@ public class BasicBlock {
 	}
 	
 	public static void visitBranches( Prototype p, BranchVisitor visitor ) {
-		int sbx,j;
+		int sbx,j,c;
 		int[] code = p.code;
 		int n = code.length;
 		for ( int i=0; i<n; i++ ) {
 			int ins = code[i];
 			switch ( Lua.GET_OPCODE( ins ) ) {
 			case Lua.OP_LOADBOOL:
-				if ( Lua.GETARG_C(ins) == 0 )
+				if ( 0 == Lua.GETARG_C(ins) )
 					break;
 				if ( Lua.GET_OPCODE(code[i+1]) == Lua.OP_JMP  )
-					throw new IllegalArgumentException("OP_LOADBOOL followed by jump at "+i); 
-				visitor.visitBranch( i, i+1 ); 				
+					throw new IllegalArgumentException("OP_LOADBOOL followed by jump at "+i);
 				visitor.visitBranch( i, i+2 );
 				continue;
 			case Lua.OP_EQ:
@@ -130,9 +129,14 @@ public class BasicBlock {
 				visitor.visitBranch( i, j );
 				visitor.visitBranch( i, i+1 ); 				
 				continue;
+			case Lua.OP_FORLOOP:
+				sbx = Lua.GETARG_sBx(ins);
+				j = i + sbx + 1;
+				visitor.visitBranch( i, j );
+				visitor.visitBranch( i, i+1 ); 				
+				continue;
 			case Lua.OP_JMP:
 			case Lua.OP_FORPREP:
-			case Lua.OP_FORLOOP:
 				sbx = Lua.GETARG_sBx(ins);
 				j = i + sbx + 1;
 				visitor.visitBranch( i, j );
diff --git a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/JavaGen.java b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/JavaGen.java
index 9aa40af2..26ed355d 100644
--- a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/JavaGen.java
+++ b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/JavaGen.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class JavaGen {
 		
 		// build this class
 		JavaBuilder builder = new JavaBuilder(pi, classname, filename);
-		scanInstructions(pi.prototype, classname, builder);
+		scanInstructions(pi, classname, builder);
 		this.bytecode = builder.completeClass();
 		
 		// build sub-prototypes
@@ -62,10 +62,19 @@ public class JavaGen {
 		return classname+"$"+subprotoindex;
 	}
 	
-	private void scanInstructions(Prototype p, String classname, JavaBuilder builder) {
+	private void scanInstructions(ProtoInfo pi, String classname, JavaBuilder builder) {
+		Prototype p = pi.prototype;
 		int vresultbase = -1;
 		
 		for ( int pc=0, n=p.code.length; pc<n; pc++ ) {
+			
+			// skip dead blocks
+			BasicBlock b0 = pi.blocks[pc];
+			if ( b0.pc0>0 && b0.prev == null ) {
+				pc = b0.pc1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			
 			int pc0 = pc; // closure changes pc
 			int ins = p.code[pc];
 			final int o = Lua.GET_OPCODE(ins);
@@ -342,20 +351,22 @@ public class JavaGen {
 				builder.isNil();
 				builder.addBranch(pc, JavaBuilder.BRANCH_IFNE, pc+2);
 
-				// a[2] = a[3] = v[1]
+				// a[2] = a[3] = v[1], leave varargs on stack
 				builder.createUpvalues(pc, a+3, c);
 				builder.loadVarresult();
-				if ( c>=2 ) builder.dup();
+				if (c>=2)
+					builder.dup();
 				builder.arg( 1 );
 				builder.dup();
 				builder.storeLocal(pc, a+2);
 				builder.storeLocal(pc, a+3);
 				
-				// a[a+2+i] = v[2+i], i=2..c
-				for ( int i=2; i<=c; i++ ) {
-					if ( i<c ) builder.dup();
-					builder.arg( i );
-					builder.storeLocal(pc, a+2+c);
+				// v[2]..v[c], use varargs from stack
+				for ( int j=2; j<=c; j++ ) {
+					if ( j<c )
+						builder.dup();
+					builder.arg( j );
+					builder.storeLocal(pc, a+2+j);
 				}
 				break;
 				
@@ -380,6 +391,28 @@ public class JavaGen {
 				
 			case Lua.OP_CLOSURE: /*	A Bx	R(A):= closure(KPROTO[Bx], R(A), ... ,R(A+n))	*/
 			{
+				/*
+				String protoname = closureName(classname, bx);
+				int nups = p.p[bx].nups;
+				for ( int k=1; k<=nups; ++k ) {
+					builder.dup();
+					int i = p.code[pc+k];
+					b = Lua.GETARG_B(i);
+					if ( (i&4) == 0 ) {
+						builder.closureInitUpvalueFromUpvalue( protoname, k-1, b );
+					} else {
+						builder.closureInitUpvalueFromLocal( protoname, k-1, pc, b );
+					}
+				}
+				v[a][pc] = new VarInfo(a,pc);
+				for ( int k=1; k<=nups; ++k ) {
+					for ( int j=0; j<m; j++ )
+						v[j][pc+k] = v[j][pc];
+				}
+				pc += nups;
+/*/
+				
+				
 				Prototype newp = p.p[bx];
 				String protoname = closureName(classname, bx);
 				int nup = newp.nups;
@@ -391,15 +424,17 @@ public class JavaGen {
 					for ( int up=0; up<nup; ++up ) {
 						if ( up+1 < nup )
 							builder.dup();
-						ins = p.code[++pc];
+						ins = p.code[pc+up+1];
 						b = Lua.GETARG_B(ins);
 						if ( (ins&4) != 0 ) {
 							builder.closureInitUpvalueFromUpvalue( protoname, up, b );
 						} else {
-							builder.closureInitUpvalueFromLocal( protoname, up, pc0, b );
+							builder.closureInitUpvalueFromLocal( protoname, up, pc, b );
 						}
 					}
+					pc += nup;
 				}
+				//*/
 				break;
 			}				
 			case Lua.OP_VARARG: /*	A B	R(A), R(A+1), ..., R(A+B-1) = vararg		*/
diff --git a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/ProtoInfo.java b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/ProtoInfo.java
index 5d386749..6d329389 100644
--- a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/ProtoInfo.java
+++ b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/ProtoInfo.java
@@ -65,13 +65,14 @@ public class ProtoInfo {
 			sb.append( " up["+i+"]: "+upvals[i]+"\n" );
 		
 		// basic blocks
-		for ( int i=0; i<blocklist.length; i++ ) {
-			sb.append( "  block "+blocklist[i].toString() );
+		for ( int pc0=blocks[0].pc0; pc0<prototype.code.length; pc0=blocks[pc0].pc1+1 ) {
+			BasicBlock b = blocks[pc0];
+			sb.append( "  block "+b.toString() );
 			appendOpenUps( sb, -1 );
 			
 			// instructions
-			for ( int pc=blocklist[i].pc0; pc<=blocklist[i].pc1; pc++ ) {
-
+			for ( int pc=pc0; pc<=b.pc1; pc++ ) {
+	
 				// open upvalue storage
 				appendOpenUps( sb, pc );
 				
@@ -79,8 +80,8 @@ public class ProtoInfo {
 				sb.append( "     " );
 				for ( int j=0; j<prototype.maxstacksize; j++ ) {
 					VarInfo v = vars[j][pc];
-					String u = (v.upvalue!=null? !v.upvalue.rw? "[C] ": (v.allocupvalue&&v.pc==pc? "[*] ": "[]  "): "    ");
-					String s = String.valueOf(v);
+					String u = (v==null? "": v.upvalue!=null? !v.upvalue.rw? "[C] ": (v.allocupvalue&&v.pc==pc? "[*] ": "[]  "): "    ");
+					String s = v==null? "null   ": String.valueOf(v);
 					sb.append( s+u);
 				}
 				sb.append( "  " );
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ public class ProtoInfo {
 	private void appendOpenUps(StringBuffer sb, int pc) {
 		for ( int j=0; j<prototype.maxstacksize; j++ ) {
 			VarInfo v = (pc<0? params[j]: vars[j][pc]);
-			if ( v.pc == pc && v.allocupvalue ) {
+			if ( v != null && v.pc == pc && v.allocupvalue ) {
 				sb.append( "    open: "+v.upvalue+"\n" );
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/UpvalInfo.java b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/UpvalInfo.java
index 8086684c..fdf3b8f2 100644
--- a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/UpvalInfo.java
+++ b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/UpvalInfo.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class UpvalInfo {
 			VarInfo v = pi.vars[slot][b.pc0];
 			if ( v == poster ) {
 				for ( int j=0, m=b.prev!=null? b.prev.length: 0; j<m; j++ ) {
-					BasicBlock b0 = b.next[j];
+					BasicBlock b0 = b.prev[j];
 					VarInfo v0 = pi.vars[slot][b0.pc1];
 					if ( v0 != poster )
 						includeVarAndPosteriorVars( v0 );
diff --git a/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/FragmentsTest.java b/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/FragmentsTest.java
index 0838a3fa..4611834b 100644
--- a/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/FragmentsTest.java
+++ b/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/FragmentsTest.java
@@ -480,5 +480,26 @@ public class FragmentsTest extends TestSuite {
 					"	end\n"+
 					"end\n" );
 		}
+		
+		public void testBasicForLoop() {
+			runFragment( LuaValue.valueOf(2), 
+					"local data\n"+
+					"for i = 1, 2 do\n"+
+					"     data = i\n"+
+					"end\n"+
+					"local bar = function()\n"+
+					"	return data\n"+
+					"end\n" +
+					"return bar()\n" );
+		}
+		
+		public void testGenericForMultipleValues() {
+			runFragment( LuaValue.varargsOf(LuaValue.valueOf(3),LuaValue.valueOf(2),LuaValue.valueOf(1)), 
+					"local iter = function() return 1,2,3,4 end\n" +
+					"local foo  = function() return iter,5 end\n" +
+			        "for a,b,c in foo() do\n" +
+			        "    return c,b,a\n" +
+			        "end\n" );
+		}
 	}
 }