Resolves #8294 .

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This pull request:

• Fixes ESLint vars-order and no-unused-vars issues.
• Updates JSDoc to avoid doctest execution requiring pandoc.
• Restores intentional new Array(...) usage in benchmarks with explicit lint disables to preserve benchmark semantics.

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• resolves Fix JavaScript lint errors #8294

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