That particular version of Node.js has messed up error messages, so provide a version-specific workaround.
Also fixed an formatting issue which would cause `expect_stdout` to fail if error message contains excerpts of input.
Apply `expect_stdout` to more applicable tests.
- assign statement does not count towards variable usage by default
- only works with assignments on the same scope level as declaration
- can be disabled with `unused` set to "keep_assign"
- `toplevel` to drop unused top-level variables and/or functions
- `top_retain` to whitelist top-level exceptions
closes#1450
