static L<S> tok_combineSquareBrackets(LS tok) {
  new L<S> l;
  for i over tok: {
    S t = tok.get(i);
    if (odd(i) && eq(t, "[")) {
      int j = findEndOfBracketPart2(tok, i);
      l.add(joinSubList(tok, i+1, j-1));
      i = j-1;
    } else
      l.add(t);
  }
  ret l;
}

Began life as a copy of #1013171