From 5583e8a4213467d3401710873f67403cb2de22f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 10:42:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] spec: fix EBNF for slice syntax

The () parentheses grouped wrongly. Removed them completely in
favor of separate 2- and 3-index slice alternatives which is
clearer.

Fixes #14477.

Change-Id: I0b7521ac912130d9ea8740b8793b3b88e2609418
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/19853
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
---
 doc/go_spec.html | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html
index 6b6e75c7c9..437fc066bb 100644
--- a/doc/go_spec.html
+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!--{
 	"Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification",
-	"Subtitle": "Version of January 5, 2016",
+	"Subtitle": "Version of February 23, 2016",
 	"Path": "/ref/spec"
 }-->
 
@@ -2443,9 +2443,8 @@ PrimaryExpr =
 
 Selector       = "." identifier .
 Index          = "[" Expression "]" .
-Slice          = "[" ( [ Expression ] ":" [ Expression ] ) |
-                     ( [ Expression ] ":" Expression ":" Expression )
-                 "]" .
+Slice          = "[" [ Expression ] ":" [ Expression ] "]" |
+                 "[" [ Expression ] ":" Expression ":" Expression "]" .
 TypeAssertion  = "." "(" Type ")" .
 Arguments      = "(" [ ( ExpressionList | Type [ "," ExpressionList ] ) [ "..." ] [ "," ] ] ")" .
 </pre>