refactor(linter/plugins): remove dead code

[overlookmotel]

We had pieces of commented-out code related to an alternative implementation of linter plugins using lazy deserialization. This code is now very out of date, and so largely pointless. Remove it.

[overlookmotel]

• refactor(linter/plugins): remove dead code #20083 👈 (View in Graphite)
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• Mar 6, 5:46 PM UTC: The merge label '0-merge' was detected. This PR will be added to the Graphite merge queue once it meets the requirements.
• Mar 6, 5:53 PM UTC: overlookmotel added this pull request to the Graphite merge queue.
• Mar 6, 6:00 PM UTC: Merged by the Graphite merge queue.

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Pull request overview

This PR removes outdated, commented-out code paths related to a prior/abandoned “lazy deserialization” plugin implementation in the oxlint JS plugin runtime, reducing noise and keeping the plugin code aligned with the current traversal approach.

Changes:

• Removed an obsolete commented-out Visitor interface draft from the plugin type definitions.
• Removed commented-out “lazy implementation” imports and an unused alternate AST-walk block from the linting entrypoint.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File	Description
apps/oxlint/src-js/plugins/types.ts	Deletes stale commented-out type definitions for an unused lazy visitor approach.
apps/oxlint/src-js/plugins/lint.ts	Deletes stale commented-out lazy-walk imports and an alternate traversal block.