enable collapse_vars & reduce_vars by default

- fix corner cases in `const` optimisation
- deprecate `/*@const*/`

fixes #1497
closes #1498

README.md

@@ -469,8 +469,6 @@ separate file and include it into the build.  For example you can have a
 ```javascript
 const DEBUG = false;
 const PRODUCTION = true;
-// Alternative for environments that don't support `const`
-/** @const */ var STAGING = false;
 // etc.
 ```
 
@@ -481,7 +479,8 @@ and build your code like this:
 UglifyJS will notice the constants and, since they cannot be altered, it
 will evaluate references to them to the value itself and drop unreachable
 code as usual.  The build will contain the `const` declarations if you use
-them. If you are targeting < ES6 environments, use `/** @const */ var`.
+them. If you are targeting < ES6 environments which does not support `const`,
+using `var` with `reduce_vars` (enabled by default) should suffice.
 
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