The new rules for split functions mean that we are exposed
to the common bug of a function that loops forever at EOF.
Pick these off by shutting down the scanner if too many
consecutive empty tokens are delivered.
Fixes#9020.
LGTM=rsc, adg
R=golang-codereviews, rsc, adg, bradfitz
CC=golang-codereviews
https://golang.org/cl/169970043