{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/4900","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jashkenas/coffeescript","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/4900/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/4900/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/4900/events","html_url":"https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/4900","id":298140685,"number":4900,"title":"CS2 Discussion: Features: let/const/var","user":{"login":"coffeescriptbot","id":36576729,"avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/36576729?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot","html_url":"https://github.com/coffeescriptbot","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"id":841194363,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jashkenas/coffeescript/labels/new%20feature","name":"new feature","color":"ededed","default":false}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":55,"created_at":"2018-02-19T01:40:35Z","updated_at":"2018-02-19T01:59:41Z","closed_at":"2018-02-19T01:43:05Z","author_association":"COLLABORATOR","body":"_From @DomVinyard on July 11, 2016 12:13_\n\nPersonally, I believe these should be untouched. I can see that there is a case for implementing _const_ in almost any language remit. But not coffeescript.\n\n\n_Copied from original issue: coffeescript6/discuss#1_"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/comments/366571358","html_url":"https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/4900#issuecomment-366571358","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/4900","id":366571358,"user":{"login":"coffeescriptbot","id":36576729,"avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/36576729?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot","html_url":"https://github.com/coffeescriptbot","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coffeescriptbot/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-02-19T01:59:41Z","updated_at":"2018-02-19T01:59:41Z","author_association":"COLLABORATOR","body":"_From @JimPanic on July 26, 2016 23:07_\r\n\r\n@dadleyy `const` in JS is _not_ about immutability, which would be indicated in other languages by using all-caps variable names. It is about the fact that a variable declared with `const` can only be assigned to once.\r\n\r\nThis essay lays out the characteristics of `let`, `var` and `const` in a very comprehensible way: http://raganwald.com/2015/05/30/de-stijl.html\r\n"}}
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