improve diagnostic for "instanceof T" for type parameter T

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      If T is an identifier for a parameterized type, then using
      "instanceof T" obviously shouldn't be legal. The compiler does enforce
      this but the error message "unexpected type ... found T, required class
      or array" doesn't make it obvious that this is a deliberate restriction.

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      An example:

      class T4881267 {
          <T> void m(Object o) {
      boolean b = o instanceof T;
          }
      }

      ###@###.### 2004-09-17

            Assignee:
            Alexander Zuev
            Reporter:
            Neal Gafter (Inactive)
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