Eliminate the disambiguating :: in id::<int>

[brson]

Remembering when you have to put :: before type parameters is difficult. Nobody likes it.

[graydon]

It's hard to avoid without making the parser much more clever.

[pcwalton]

We could fix it for as though, I think. Just make the parsing for the type after as greedy.

[graydon]

I still vote for closing this WONTFIX; it is annoying but also rare and tolerable, imo. Meanwhile, reassigning milestone.

[pcwalton]

Fixed.