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cli: rename --loader to --experimental-loader

Rodrigo Muino Tomonari requested to merge github/fork/reasonablytall/experimental-loader-flag into master

Renames the --loader cli argument to --experimental-loader. This is to clearly indicate the esm loader feature as experimental even after esm is no longer experimental.

Also minorly alters the --experimental-loader docs to say that the passed loader can be an esm module.

An alternative to this PR is to leave things unchanged and continue to use --experimental-modules to allow the use of --loader, even after ECMAScript modules are unflagged. This would reduce the number of different argument schemes a hypothetical script that wraps node would need to try, as discussed here: https://github.com/nodejs/modules/issues/351#issuecomment-535605423

Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/modules/issues/351#issuecomment-535189524

Checklist
  • make -j4 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test (Windows) passes
  • tests and/or benchmarks are included
  • documentation is changed or added
  • commit message follows commit guidelines

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