Running javadoc on the following example works fine under 1.3.1 but gives an odd warning and fails to generate a link under merlin beta 2:

/**
 * <table border=1>
 * <tr>
 * <td>new {@link Foo}[]{new {@link Foo}()}</td>
 * <td>{@link Foo} stuff<td>
 * </tr>
 * </table>
 */
public class Foo {
}

The warning is:

Foo.java:9: warning - Missing whitespace after possible use of @link tag in comment string: "{@link Foo} stuff<td>
 </tr>
 </table>"