RST reader: align with spec in syntax for role names.

In particular, we now allow colons in row names.

Closes #8653.

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+```
+% pandoc -f rst -t native
+.. role:: py:class(emphasis)
+
+:py:class:`foo`
+^D
+[ Para [ Emph [ Str "foo" ] ] ]
+```
+
+```
+% pandoc -f rst -t native
+:py:class:`foo`
+^D
+[ Para
+    [ Code
+        ( ""
+        , [ "interpreted-text" ]
+        , [ ( "role" , "py:class" ) ]
+        )
+        "foo"
+    ]
+]
+```