Cryptic Compiler Error Messages

I had a piece of code with obvious typo

int main
{
foo * p;
p = new bar();
p->f1();

return 1;
}


The compiler messages were cryptic

g++ -std=c++11 c10.cpp -o c10

c10.cpp:48:6: error: expected primary-expression before '*' token
  foo * p;
      ^
c10.cpp:48:8: error: 'p' was not declared in this scope
  foo * p;
        ^
c10.cpp:48:9: error: expected '}' before ';' token
  foo * p;
         ^
c10.cpp:49:2: error: 'p' does not name a type
  p = new bar();
  ^
c10.cpp:50:2: error: 'p' does not name a type
  p->f1();
  ^
c10.cpp:52:2: error: expected unqualified-id before 'return'
  return 1;
  ^
c10.cpp:53:1: error: expected declaration before '}' token
 }
 ^

Can the compiler messages be made better ?