- Added support for logical assignment in the no-self-assign rule, multi‑line eslint‑disable‑next‑line comments, and fixed false‑negative detection for onlyDeclarations + properties matches.
- Updated documentation: clarified homedir as a config root, improved consistency, and added character‑class notes to the no‑useless‑escape rule.
- Chores: upgraded espree to 9.3.0, removed an unused parameter in linter.js, and added tests for the allowReserved parser option with flat config.
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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.