Index: Expression.java
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RCS file: /home/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/Expression.java,v
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -u -r1.58 Expression.java
--- Expression.java	10 Jan 2005 12:20:51 -0000	1.58
+++ Expression.java	10 Jan 2005 20:57:53 -0000
@@ -297,7 +297,12 @@
 					exprElementType,
 					expression);
 			} else if (castType.isTypeVariable()) {
-				TypeBinding match = ((ReferenceBinding)expressionType).findSuperTypeErasingTo((ReferenceBinding)castType);
+				TypeBinding leafType = ((ArrayBinding) expressionType).leafComponentType();
+				if (leafType.isBaseType()) {
+					reportIllegalCast(scope, castType, expressionType);
+					return false;
+				}
+				TypeBinding match = ((ReferenceBinding)leafType).findSuperTypeErasingTo((ReferenceBinding)castType);
 				if (match == null) {
 					checkUnsafeCast(scope, castType, expressionType, match, true);
 				}