The plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended config sets

"parserOptions": {
  "sourceType": "module"
}

Might I ask why override the eslint default? I've stumbled upon this while trying to find out why no-unused-vars was throwing false positives for functions exported with /* exported fnName */ - given this override in the recommended config, it makes sense of course, but I had to go through all the settings to find out why it works fine if I enable only the rule and throws false positives if I extend the whole recommended config...

I get that modules are The Right Way™ now, but not everybody uses them - overriding the eslint default seems like a poor choice to me, because it silently changes the behaviour of eslint without the user knowing why if they don't actually go into the recommended config file.

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