ES6 and ServiceNow (const, let and var)

[Jamison Cote2]

Why does 'const' get processed but 'let' does not?

Both are supported in ES6 and not in ES5. The following are run in a background script.

For example:

const object1 = {
a: 'somestring',
b: 42,
c: false
};

Prints: 

*** Script: a,b,c

Yet, 

let object1 = {
a: 'somestring',
b: 42,
c: false
};

Prints: 

Javascript compiler exception: let is an ECMAScript 6 feature - not supported (null.null.script; line 1) in:
let object1 = {
  a: 'somestring',
  b: 42,
  c: false
};

The assumption here is that 'const' would not get processed by the JS engine as it's a part of ES6 functionality which is not supported by ServiceNow.
Thoughts?

[Jace Benson]

Yea, I wouldnt hold your breath. I still feel like we just only got ES5 not too long ago (been 2-3 years now), but at that time it was still 5-6 years out of date.

[Brian Shanken1]

and here we are still without ES6

[Jace Benson]

This is a tall order.  I agree it should happen but we're at the mercy of when ServiceNow does this.

[Brian Shanken1]

Yea absolutely a tall order, but while we are making requests can we get a modern bootstrap?