namespace Test
	
	class Test
		
		def main
			is shared
			
			a as Object = 'aoeu'
			
			t1 as String = 'ao'
			t2 as String = 'eu'
			if (a to String).length==4  # the condition forces b to be constructed at runtime
				b as Object = t1 + t2
			else
				b as Object = ''
			assert b  # .warning. always
			assert a is not b

			# a and b are statically typed as `object`
			# in C# this would cause == to return false
			# but in Cobra, we get the correct answer:
			assert a==b