go_spec: don't allow parens around the literal type of composite literals
Background: The current spec is imprecise with respect to the parsing ambiguity for composite literals: It says that the ambiguity arises when the TypeName form of the LiteralType is used. The following code: if (B) {} ... is not using the TypeName form (but the parenthesized TypeName form) and thus could be interpreted as: if ((B){}) ... instead of if B {} ... Both compilers and gofmt choose the latter interpretation. One could fix the spec by making the clause regarding the parsing ambiguity more precise ("...using the _possibly parenthesized_ TypeName form of the LiteralType..."). The alternative (chosen here) is to simply disallow parenthesized literal types. Except for a single test case (test/parentype.go) there appears to be no Go code under $GOROOT containing parenthesized literal types. Furthermore, parentheses are never needed around a literal type for correct parsing. R=golang-dev CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/1913041
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