- Fixed multiple linting rule bugs, including object spread handling, regex wrapping, sorting keys with spreads, const rule on array destructuring, nested unknown operators, and removed the autofixer for no-debugger.
- Added and clarified documentation for option defaults, release notes, actionable whitespace fix, caching behavior, rule overrides, wording, and custom parsers.
- Deprecated the `no-catch-shadow` rule and upgraded the `globals` package to version 11.7.0.
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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.