It's adding a slight indirection by constructing a function when called, but makes the completion functions more consistent, the signature easier to read, and making the return type a [cobra.CompletionFunc] makes it more transparent what it's intended for, and helps discovery of functions that provide completion. [cobra.CompletionFunc]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/spf13/cobra#CompletionFunc Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>