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spec: clarify when a range expression is evaluated

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If the range expression is a numeric constant, the
range expression is also not evaluated.

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<!--{
"Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification",
"Subtitle": "Language version go1.22 (Feb 6, 2024)",
"Subtitle": "Language version go1.22 (April 24, 2024)",
"Path": "/ref/spec"
}-->
@ -6644,8 +6644,8 @@ the range clause is equivalent to the same clause without that identifier.
<p>
The range expression <code>x</code> is evaluated once before beginning the loop,
with one exception: if at most one iteration variable is present and
<code>len(x)</code> is <a href="#Length_and_capacity">constant</a>,
with one exception: if at most one iteration variable is present and <code>x</code> or
<a href="#Length_and_capacity"><code>len(x)</code></a> is <a href="#Constants">constant</a>,
the range expression is not evaluated.
</p>