- Fixed multiple lint rule bugs: corrected notice for invalid plugin names, prevented comment loss with destructuring, fixed NonOctalDecimalIntegerLiteral handling, and resolved false‑negative id length checks on Object.prototype properties.
- Improved documentation: added Yarn install commands, fixed leaky anchors on the v4 migration page, corrected typos, added missing ESLint directive comments, and clarified examples for no‑await and no‑return‑await rules.
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Added handling for underflow without loss of precision and introduced checkConditionalExpressions to avoid unmodified loop conditions.
Fixed ASI hazard handling and false positives in various linting rules (e.g., no unused labels, getters, and unused vars).
Export ConfigObject from eslint/config to enable external usage.