"If a constraint is specified for any type parameter, every type parameter 
must have a constraint. If some type parameters need a constraint and some 
do not, those that do not should have a constraint of interface{}."

"interface{}" equals to "Any Type" in the context of generics. So it seems 
that we don't have to support optional constraint, for the following 
reasons:

* the syntax defining generic function is verbose on purpose (type 
keyword), not only for clarification, but also a remind of the cost and 
complexity behind generics, so it is not a bad thing to be explicit about 
the the default constraint interface{}
* normal parameter list does not support default type, to be consistent, 
type parameter list should not either
* multiple generic types without constraints can be written as "type T1, 
T2, T3 interface{}", not too much boilerplate anyway

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