go spec: clarify semantics of range clause
This CL proposes some subtle language changes in an attempt to clarify the semantics of range clauses and simplify uses of maps. - nil maps behave like empty maps; but attempting to set a value in a nil map causes a run-time panic - nil channels are never ready for communication; sending or reading from a nil channel blocks forever - if there is only one index iteration variable in a range clause and len(range expression) would be a constant, the range expression is not evaluated. (was discrepancy with len/cap before) - the notion of what is a constant expression len(x) for (pointer to) arrays x has been generalized and simplified (can still be syntactically decided) (before: more restrictive syntactic rule that was not consistently implemented) Fixes #1713. R=r, rsc, iant, ken2, r2, bradfitz, rog CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/4444050
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