cli_execute is likely the only exception that we should make, due to it
being a global. We don't really need other globals, so this won't really end
up an epidemic.
The latter is good, but the former is more elegant and clear about what 'x'
is. Adopt it, preferably only using the latter kind of notation where needed
as values for tables.
luacheck pointed out an assortment of issues, ranging from non-standard
globals being created as well as unused parameters, variables, and redundant
assignments.
Using '_' as a placeholder for values unused (whether it be parameters
unused or return values unused, assuming multiple return values) feels clean
and gets the point across, so I've adopted it. It also helps flag candidates
for cleanup later in some of the lambdas I've created, giving me an easy way
to re-evaluate later if we're still not using some of these features.
Instead of the global namespace, let's attach these to the cli module. Other
users, including the "local" module, can attach functions to the cli module
at will to add other cli commands and things will still Just Work.
This distills down the candidates for functions that may be invoked via the
cli to a minimal set (boot, autoboot, arguments), rather than any function
that happens to live in the global lua namespace.
This will be the translation layer for varargs -> cmd_name, argv for cli
commands. We reserve the right to break exactly what the varargs inclulde,
but this gives us a stable way to pull the arguments out of varargs.
This module will, in the not-so-distant future, grow functionality for
reducing boilerplate in functions that implement cli commands. It will
likely also house most in-tree cli commands.