frog:~/workspaces/test/Generic16 $ cat -n Case.java
     1 import java.util.Stack;
     2 public class Case
     3 {
     4 public static void main(String[] argv)
     5 {
     6 Stack<String> bar = new Stack<String>();
     7 String foo;
     8
     9 // Compiles, but causes verify error
    10 foo=(bar.empty()?"":bar.peek()).intern();
    11
    12 // The following two work fine
    13 foo = (bar.empty()?"":bar.peek().intern());
    14 foo = (bar.empty()?"":(String)bar.peek()).intern();
    15 }
    16 }
frog:~/workspaces/test/Generic16 $ newjavac -gj Case.java
frog:~/workspaces/test/Generic16 $ newjava Case
+ /java/re/j2se/1.4.1/promoted/latest/binaries/solaris-sparc/bin/java -Xfuture Case
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.VerifyError: (class: Case, method: main signature: ([Ljava/lang/String;)V) Incompatible object argument for function call
frog:~/workspaces/test/Generic16 $