This is a follow-up on the `go fix` run in commit
0210c5fd92.
That commit recorded the automated updates.
This one applies further simplifications that are mechanical and do not
involve logic changes, but are outside of what `go fix` did.
It also removes some now-obsolete comments and statements.
This patch contains the result of running `go fix ./...`, which applies
simplifications that make use of modern language features.
There are no logic or behaviour changes.
The current generate_cert helper was originally taken from Go's source,
and is more complex than we need it to be.
This patch replaces it with our own version, rewritten from scratch
independently.
This patch moves the test helper binaries to a "one directory per
helper" layout, and also makes them to be ignored in the coverage build
instead of all builds.
With this change, "go build ./..." will build all binaries including the
test helpers, which helps make sure that module manage automation also
considers them. In particular, this makes "go mod tidy" work fine.
Alberto Bertogli