fix: cleanup and optimization of common lua funcs #643

Job	Run time
🚨 Lua lint	19s
🚨 REUSE Compliance	16s
🚨 C lint	21s
🐯 js build & checks (14.x)	3m 46s
🐧 Linux build	1m 23s
🍎 Macosx build	1m 33s
🐯 js build & checks (16.x)	3m 41s
🐹 go build & checks (1.13)	53s
🐯 js build & checks (18.x)	3m 26s
🐹 go build & checks (1.14)	1m 0s
🐹 go build & checks (1.15)	54s
🐹 go build & checks (1.16)	53s
🥷 meson/ninja build (meson-ccache)	1m 53s
🐍 Python checks (ubuntu-latest, 3.8)	1m 13s
🐹 go build & checks (1.19)	57s
🥷 meson/ninja build (meson-clang-ccache)	2m 5s
🦀 rust build & checks (stable)	1m 13s
🐍 Python checks (ubuntu-latest, 3.9)	1m 31s
🦀 rust build & checks (nightly)	1m 21s
🐍 Python checks (ubuntu-latest, 3.10)	1m 5s
🐍 Python checks (macos-latest, 3.8)	1m 22s
🪟 Windows build	55s
🐍 Python checks (macos-latest, 3.9)	2m 1s
🐍 Python checks (macos-latest, 3.10)	1m 28s
🤖 Semantic release	0s
🗃️ Check file changes	0s
🐯 js build release	0s
🐧 Binary builds on Ubuntu	0s
🍎 mac osx release build	0s
🐍 Python create source distribution	0s
📦 npm release	0s
📦 Pack release	0s
🧻 Remove tag on fail	0s
📦 PyPI release	0s
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