Why shouldn't it be parsed? -+-+-+-1 is equivalent to -(+(-(+(-(+(-1)))))).

Similarly,

var x int
var y = *&*&*&*&*&x // y == x

@go101 in what language did you see that behaviour ?

If we think math, that is simple to parse. But we are in other environment and we need to define very explicit what is ok.

@ancaemanuel I'm going to close this issue because the language spec clearly accepts these kind of expressions, and the compiler is doing the right thing per the language spec. If you have questions about this I suggest that you use a forum rather than the issue tracker; see https://golang.org/wiki/Questions . Thanks.