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{"rules": {"@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion": ["error"]  }}

exportclassA{data?:unknown;}exportasyncfunctiontest():Promise<unknown>{leta:A=newA();returna.data!;}

Expected Result
no errors

Actual Result
This assertion is unnecessary since it does not change the type of the expression. eslint(@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion)

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