--- a/core/src/luan/LuanBit.java	Wed Jul 08 23:10:52 2015 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/LuanBit.java	Sun Jul 12 21:34:23 2015 -0600
@@ -125,4 +125,18 @@
 		throw exception("attempt to perform arithmetic on a "+type+" value");
 	}
 
+	public String toString(Object obj) throws LuanException {
+		if( obj instanceof LuanTable ) {
+			LuanTable tbl = (LuanTable)obj;
+			return tbl.toString(this);
+		}
+		if( obj == null )
+			return "nil";
+		if( obj instanceof Number )
+			return Luan.toString((Number)obj);
+		if( obj instanceof byte[] )
+			return "binary: " + Integer.toHexString(obj.hashCode());
+		return obj.toString();
+	}
+
 }