🚀 Features

• e857b0c napi/minify: Expose legalComments option and result (feat(napi/minify): expose legalComments option and result #20370) (Boshen)
• 661132d parser: More friendly error messages for rest assignment target and rest binding element (feat(parser): more friendly error messages for rest assignment target and rest binding element #22719) (sapphi-red)
• ee659b6 transformer/legacy-decorator: Add strictNullChecks option for nullable-union design:type (feat(transformer/legacy-decorator): add strictNullChecks option for nullable-union design:type #22266) (Kyle Cannon)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• e1d064e transformer/class-properties: Reparent lifted private method helpers (fix(transformer/class-properties): reparent lifted private method helpers #22716) (Cameron)
• 4ac0fca minifier: Preserve 0 && (module.exports = { ... }) cjs-module-lexer hint (fix(minifier): preserve 0 && (module.exports = { ... }) cjs-module-lexer hint #22729) (Dunqing)
• 40ff611 minifier: Mark peephole loop changed when dropping dead-after-throw statement (fix(minifier): mark peephole loop changed when dropping dead-after-throw statement #22722) (Dunqing)
• 2f7b210 codegen: Emit pife-arrow/function leading comments inside the wrap (fix(codegen): emit pife-arrow/function leading comments inside the wrap #22720) (Dunqing)
• e184f74 parser: Improve invalid import property access diagnostic (fix(parser): improve invalid import property access diagnostic #22693) (camc314)
• 7baed9c transformer/private-method: Clear inherited strict flags (fix(transformer/private-method): clear inherited strict flags #22508) (camc314)
• a9ad27e parser: Keep annotation comments leading without preceding newline (fix(parser): keep annotation comments leading without preceding newline #22711) (Dunqing)
• 9ea4d64 minifier: Re-evaluate pure/no-side-effects flags after peephole inlining (fix(minifier): re-evaluate pure/no-side-effects flags after peephole inlining #22595) (Dunqing)
• 07afbb6 minifier: Drop empty-body IIFE wrapper when called with arguments (fix(minifier): drop empty-body IIFE wrapper when called with arguments #22589) (Dunqing)
• fa7c463 semantic: Correct TS enum member symbol spans (fix(semantic): correct TS enum member symbol spans #22689) (camc314)
• 26b9396 semantic: Resolve parameter decorators outside parameter scope (fix(semantic): resolve parameter decorators outside parameter scope #22623) (camc314)
• b284045 parser: Switch to module goal eagerly on export (fix(parser): switch to module goal eagerly on export #22684) (Boshen)
• dfa931d semantic: Propagate unresolved auto-increment enum value instead of defaulting to 0 (fix(semantic): propagate unresolved auto-increment enum value instead of defaulting to 0 #22646) (Dunqing)
• 69a6ba6 transformer/legacy-decorator: Emit Array for ReadonlyArray in decorator metadata (fix(transformer/legacy-decorator): emit Array for ReadonlyArray<T> in decorator metadata #22265) (Kyle Cannon)
• e421ef0 transformer/legacy-decorator: Return runtime binding for design:type (fix(transformer/legacy-decorator): return runtime binding for design:type #22640) (Dunqing)
• d61e1d7 codegen: Preserve verbatim text of pure/no-side-effects comments (fix(codegen): preserve verbatim text of pure/no-side-effects comments #22525) (Dunqing)
• 702b14e minifier: Preserve IIFE structure in DCE-only mode (fix(minifier): preserve IIFE structure in DCE-only mode #22547) (Dunqing)
• 917da24 parser: Apply PURE comment through member-access chains (fix(parser): apply PURE comment through member-access chains #22566) (Dunqing)
• a069b1c codegen: Preserve quotes for cjs-module-lexer equality strings (fix(codegen): preserve quotes for cjs-module-lexer equality strings #22551) (Dunqing)

⚡ Performance

• 2f623b0 semantic: Skip unresolved checks for re-exports (perf(semantic): skip unresolved checks for re-exports #22660) (camc314)
• 0d9553d semantic: Early-exit check_object_expression for objects with <2 properties (perf(semantic): early-exit check_object_expression for objects with <2 properties #22668) (Dunqing)
• d721ad9 semantic: Use direct grandparent lookup for TS type parameters (perf(semantic): use direct grandparent lookup for TS type parameters #22658) (camc314)
• 0aff288 semantic: Reorder numeric literal strict mode checks (perf(semantic): reorder numeric literal strict mode checks #22657) (camc314)
• 4d5ddb1 semantic: Reorder binding identifier checks (perf(semantic): reorder binding identifier checks #22656) (camc314)
• e32acd8 semantic: Reorder identifier ambient binding check (perf(semantic): reorder identifier ambient binding check #22653) (camc314)
• 09fe178 semantic: Reorder ident reference strict mode check (perf(semantic): reorder ident reference strict mode check #22652) (camc314)
• 4b6add2 semantic: Avoid duplicate ident clone for bindings (perf(semantic): avoid duplicate ident clone for bindings #22663) (camc314)
• 82f9662 parser: Check identifier kind before context flag (perf(parser): check identifier kind before context flag #22662) (camc314)
• d7cd951 parser: Fast path identifier parsing and inline operator helpers (perf(parser): fast path identifier parsing and inline operator helpers #22650) (Boshen)
• 7b84314 semantic: Use direct byte access for numeric leading-zero check (perf(semantic): use direct byte access for numeric leading-zero check #22642) (camc314)
• 0345a31 semantic: Pre-size class elements hash map (perf(semantic): pre-size class elements hash map #22618) (camc314)
• 04d3065 minifier: Drop per-call buffers in try_fold_concat (perf(minifier): drop per-call buffers in try_fold_concat #22596) (Dunqing)
• 4f289f1 semantic: Resolve_references_for_current_scope without a temp Vec (perf(semantic): resolve_references_for_current_scope without a temp Vec #22599) (Dunqing)
• e862c15 semantic: Avoid heap alloc for var hoist scope ids (perf(semantic): avoid heap alloc for var hoist scope ids #22603) (Dunqing)
• 8ff8674 semantic: Early return if excess is 0 in Stats::increase_by (perf(semantic): early return if excess is 0 in Stats::increase_by #22616) (camc314)
• 7a4120e semantic: Pre-reserve unresolved_references using Stats::references (perf(semantic): pre-reserve unresolved_references using Stats::references #22580) (Dunqing)