From 1cc493db100d2787b740b9cae59eff9a2a821cb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Phillips <paulp@improving.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:09:23 -0800
Subject: Make 'illegal' characters less annoying.

At least tell us what they are.
---
 src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Scanners.scala | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Scanners.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Scanners.scala
index a2a577a7ab..4478fb6128 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Scanners.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Scanners.scala
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ trait Scanners extends ScannersCommon {
             nextChar()
             getOperatorRest()
           } else {
-            syntaxError("illegal character")
+            syntaxError("illegal character '" + ("" + '\\' + 'u' + "%04x".format(ch: Int)) + "'")
             nextChar()
           }
       }
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