Debug utility to track operations on a specific table

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Description of the proposed changes

• Clean up logging/comments
• Hook setmetatable only when needed
• Handle merging metatables fully/handle all table operations
• Format output spacing better for log
• Output chronological order of all operations instead of by-type
• Use error text that matches the engine for __call (and other operations)
• Add annotations
• Custom cleaned up traceback function (localize paths and such)?
• Split logic into functions for possible reuse (for example, creating a new tracked table targeting the given table instead of replacing a given table's contents)
• Limit the repr output of tables.
• Options for what to track, for example not using repr on tables, or setting repr options.

Testing done on the proposed changes

See #7256 (comment) for usage of the tool in-action, and the used branch with an example output

Checklist

• Changes are annotated, including comments where useful
• Changes are documented in a changelog snippet according to the guidelines.
• Request 2-3 reviewers from the list of reviewers and their areas of knowledge.

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