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Small optimization.

Initialize Token class instances with null fields. null is one of the cheapest types to create as it's represented in V8 as a static 64-bit value - likely cheaper than creating a string, even an empty one. These placeholder values are immediately overwritten a few lines later, so it doesn't matter what they are initially.

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Pull request overview

This PR makes a small performance-oriented change in the JS-side token cache by initializing Token instances with null placeholders for fields that are always overwritten during deserialization, aiming to reduce construction overhead.

Changes:

  • Initialize Token.type and Token.value with null (via non-null assertions) instead of empty strings.
  • Keep the existing “overwritten later” behavior unchanged (values are set in deserializeTokenInto).

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Small optimization.

Initialize `Token` class instances with `null` fields. `null` is one of the cheapest types to create as it's represented in V8 as a static 64-bit value - likely cheaper than creating a string, even an empty one. These placeholder values are immediately overwritten a few lines later, so it doesn't matter what they are initially.
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# Oxlint
### 🚀 Features

- c95951f linter/plugins: Implement `sourceCode.markVariableAsUsed` (#20357) (overlookmotel)
- 7a2a7d0 linter: Implement `n/handle-callback-err` rule (#19616) (Mikhail Baev)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- f8fbd6e linter/plugins: Remove `hashbang` property from AST (#20365) (overlookmotel)
- 6eb5b01 linter/prefer-await-to-then: Ignore Promise static methods (#20347) (camc314)
- a4b61f7 linter: Remove `defineConfig` check (#20308) (camc314)
- 3ad7f53 linter/explicit-module-boundary-types: False positive with satisfies expr (#20309) (camc314)
- f547401 linter/no-unused-private-class-members: Treat switch discriminants as read (#20307) (camc314)
- 1c07b3b diagnostics: Handle `WouldBlock` in stdout writes to prevent panic (#20295) (Boshen)

### ⚡ Performance

- e4f7248 linter: Remove unnecessary clone of owned String in drain loop (#20388) (Boshen)
- 4a67f1d linter: Eliminate Vec allocation in disable directive matching (#20387) (Boshen)
- 618a598 linter/plugins: Add fast path for files with no comments (#20366) (overlookmotel)
- b0125c5 linter/plugins: Deserialize comments without AST (#20364) (overlookmotel)
- 9cd612f linter/plugins: Recycle comment objects (#20362) (overlookmotel)
- bf442f8 linter/plugins: Cheaper `Token` creation (#20360) (overlookmotel)
- 5474d0a semantic: V8-style walk-up reference resolution (#20292) (Boshen)
- 7946eba linter/plugins: Avoid arguments spread and temp array when merging (#20318) (overlookmotel)
- fc7cf8a linter/plugins: Pre-define less CFG merger functions (#20317) (overlookmotel)
- 3b9eb28 linter/plugins: Streamline getting/creating visit fn mergers (#20319) (overlookmotel)
- f04e850 linter/plugins: Inline binary search functions into call sites (#20312) (overlookmotel)
- fe24afe linter/plugins: Apply replace globals TSDown plugin to JS files (#20305) (overlookmotel)
- 77cdacc linter/plugins: Use array buffer views for tokens (#20301) (overlookmotel)
- 910c941 linter/plugins: Reorder branches in `getTokenByRangeStart` (#20296) (overlookmotel)
- af7674c linter/tokens: Avoid extra token value allocation (#20013) (camc314)

### 📚 Documentation

- 24490b5 linter: Improve formatting for 80ish rules' docs. (#20411) (connorshea)
- 3383523 linter: Improve `--tsconfig` flag docs (#20342) (camc314)
# Oxfmt
### 🚀 Features

- d22c443 oxfmt: Export `OxfmtConfig` type (#20275) (leaysgur)
- a11ecff oxfmt/lsp: Respect `angular` language id as `.component.html` file (#20242) (Sysix)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- ce65099 formatter: Preserve parentheses around as expression before private field access (#20419) (bab)
- f908742 oxfmt: Revert #20326 partially (#20413) (leaysgur)
- 4ef93ea formatter: Honor trailing ignore comments after list separators (#19925) (Andreas Lubbe)
- 68fb0d0 oxfmt: Skip vite.config.ts which fails to import (#20326) (leaysgur)
- 88ee826 oxfmt: Handle literalline for script-in-vue (#20130) (leaysgur)
- 1c07b3b diagnostics: Handle `WouldBlock` in stdout writes to prevent panic (#20295) (Boshen)

Co-authored-by: Boshen <1430279+Boshen@users.noreply.github.com>
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