- Added new rule for unused private class members and introduced a name field to RuleTester.
- Fixed keyword spacing conflicts and enabled baseConfig to extend preloaded plugin configurations.
- Updated various documentation sections and improved performance (e.g., :function selector) and build (added Node v17).
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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.