fix RFC #341: dot-like operators are now parsed with same precedence as . (#18711)

* fix RFC #341: dot-like operators are now parsed with same precedence as `.`

* fixup

* [skip ci] address comment in changelog

* address comment

* update grammmar

* add manual entry

* fixup

* -d:nimPreviewDotLikeOps

* address comment to unblock PR: move nimPreviewDotLikeOps out of config/config.nims
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@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ exprList = expr ^+ comma
exprColonEqExprList = exprColonEqExpr (comma exprColonEqExpr)* (comma)?
dotExpr = expr '.' optInd (symbol | '[:' exprList ']')
explicitGenericInstantiation = '[:' exprList ']' ( '(' exprColonEqExpr ')' )?
dotLikeExpr = expr DOTLIKEOP optInd symbol
qualifiedIdent = symbol ('.' optInd symbol)?
setOrTableConstr = '{' ((exprColonEqExpr comma)* | ':' ) '}'
castExpr = 'cast' ('[' optInd typeDesc optPar ']' '(' optInd expr optPar ')') /
@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ tupleConstr = '(' optInd (exprColonEqExpr comma?)* optPar ')'
arrayConstr = '[' optInd (exprColonEqExpr comma?)* optPar ']'
primarySuffix = '(' (exprColonEqExpr comma?)* ')'
| '.' optInd symbol generalizedLit?
| DOTLIKEOP optInd symbol generalizedLit?
| '[' optInd exprColonEqExprList optPar ']'
| '{' optInd exprColonEqExprList optPar '}'
| &( '`'|IDENT|literal|'cast'|'addr'|'type') expr # command syntax