[Bug]: @babel/runtime 7.18.2 contains a 'const' keyword, making it es5-incompatible

[jlowcs]

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How are you using Babel?

babel-loader (webpack)

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Current and expected behavior

afaik, @babel/runtime should not have to be processed by babel, and so should be ES5-compatible.

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Possible solution

Replace const with var.

Additional context

The issue was apparently introduced by #14581

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