{"action":"reopened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1690","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1690/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1690/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1690/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1690","id":54516961,"number":1690,"title":"let support for ES3/ES5","user":{"login":"basarat","id":874898,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/874898?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/basarat","html_url":"https://github.com/basarat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basarat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basarat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basarat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basarat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basarat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basarat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basarat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basarat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basarat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/TypeScript/labels/In+Discussion","name":"In Discussion","color":"556b75"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/TypeScript/labels/Suggestion","name":"Suggestion","color":"006b75"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-01-15T22:56:36Z","updated_at":"2015-01-22T20:21:06Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Any plan for ES3/ES5 support [similar to this](https://6to5.org/repl/#?experimental=true&playground=true&evaluate=true&code=let%20x%20%3D%20123%3B%0Alet%20_x%20%3D%20123%3B%0Alet%20_x2%20%3D%20123%3B%0A%7B%0A%20%20let%20x%20%3D%2056%0A%20%20console.log(x)%3B%0A%7D%0A)\r\n\r\n```ts\r\nlet x = 123;\r\nlet _x = 123;\r\nlet _x2 = 123;\r\n{\r\n  let x = 56\r\n  console.log(x);\r\n}\r\n```\r\n```js\r\nvar x = 123;\r\nvar _x = 123;\r\nvar _x2 = 123;\r\n{\r\n  var _x3 = 56;\r\n  console.log(_x3);\r\n}\r\n```"}}