Fixed issue: #74

core/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/compiler/LexState.java

@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ public class LexState extends Constants {
 				return;
 			}
 			default: {
-				this.syntaxerror("unexpected symbol " + t.token + " (" + ((char) t.token) + ")");
+				this.syntaxerror("unexpected symbol near " + txtToken(t.token));
 				return;
 			}
 		}

jse/src/test/java/org/luaj/vm2/FragmentsTest.java

@@ -189,6 +189,26 @@ public class FragmentsTest extends TestSuite {
 			assertEquals("interrupted", thrown.get().getMessage());
 		}
 
+		public void testBareExpressionReportsReadableToken() {
+			Globals globals = JsePlatform.debugGlobals();
+			try {
+				globals.load("1 + 1", "expr.lua");
+				fail("expected syntax error");
+			} catch (LuaError e) {
+				assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("unexpected symbol near 1"));
+			}
+		}
+
+		public void testUnfinishedTableReportsEof() {
+			Globals globals = JsePlatform.debugGlobals();
+			try {
+				globals.load("mytab = {", "table.lua");
+				fail("expected syntax error");
+			} catch (LuaError e) {
+				assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("near <eof>"));
+			}
+		}
+
 		public void testLongIntegerLiteralPrecision() {
 			runFragment(
 				LuaValue.varargsOf(new LuaValue[] {