I'm curious why you let the amount of typing dictate what you use? If five characters is such an impediment, why not just use a snippet letting you have less error prone code than currently (e.g., 'co ' expands to const).
Re:JavaScript async/await implemented in V8
by garyclarke27 on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @02:56AM
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As you admitted, your behaviour is rediculous, hope for your sake, your boss or customers don't read this.
That said, `const` is picking up to be the default for everything. I can definitely see good reasons to use it when declaring functions and required modules or working in a team.