Parsers: avoid double usage of flip on a single line

[smelc]

Changelog

- description: |
    Simplify a parser, by making it more readable
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Context

Small improvement found when working on #763

How to trust this PR

Typechecking suffices to make sure this is sound

Checklist

• Commit sequence broadly makes sense and commits have useful messages
• Self-reviewed the diff