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Re:Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide by epidemian on Friday July 03, 2015 @12:20AM (#9823443)
In JS `const` just means that you can't reassign that variable, not that the value it references can't change:

  const a = {foo: 5};
  a.foo = 42; // This is perfectly valid.
  a = 'nope'; // But this isn't. It raises a SyntaxError.
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Re:Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide by orthoganol on Friday July 03, 2015 @05:31AM (#9824480)
The purpose of the code wasn't to illustrate how to use const.

It was to show how they want you to always use const with complex types.

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Re:Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide by anselmoars on Friday July 03, 2015 @05:43AM (#9824519)
'const' is misleading, it doesn't set your variables as immutable. Fine for expression, but not for actual practicality.
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Re:Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide by icebraining on Friday July 03, 2015 @06:20AM (#9824626)
It does set your variables as immutable, just not your values. It makes sense if you see variables in these languages for what they are: references to values.
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