[I had Rene try this on win32, seems to work there]

/home/ovrskeek> java -XX:-Inline HelloException2
new excpetion
new excpetion
  [... lots more ...]
new excpetion
new excpetion
Exception in thread "main" NewException
        at HelloException2.buildE(HelloException2.java:20)
        at HelloException2.blah(HelloException2.java:11)
        at HelloException2.main(HelloException2.java:7)
  
What seems to be happening, is that the compiler
looks at the declared type of e, because it doesn't have
the real type info available.

class HelloException2 extends Object {
  static int count = 0;
  static Exception e;

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    for(int i=0; i<10001; i++)
      blah();
  }

  public static void blah() throws Exception{
    try {
      buildE();
      throw e;
    } catch (NewException e) {
      System.out.println("new excpetion");
    }
  }

  public static void buildE() {
    e = new NewException();
  }
}

class NewException extends Exception {
  public NewException() {
    super();
  }

  public NewException(String s) {
    super(s);
  }
}