camelCase tends to be preferred for function identifiers, while
internal_underscores are preferred for variable identifiers. This convention
makes it a little bit easier to eyeball whether variable/function usage is
correct.
The optional commas for final table values are preferred to reduce chances
for error.
The intent of this guideline is to avoid creating global variables in module
scope. Its main purpose is to serve as a reminder that variables at module
scope also need to be declared.
We want to avoid global variables in general, but this is easier to mess up
when designing things in the module scope.
This covers the lua style guidelines we've generally agreed on so far. It
will be revised as work continues and we run into more scenarios that need
specified.
Discussed with: cem, jilles
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D14423