aws / aws/jsii

Support for parameters of type RegExp

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Description

## :rocket: Feature Request

### Affected Languages

- [ ] `TypeScript` or `Javascript`
- [x] `Python`
- [x] `Java`
- [x] .NET (`C#`, `F#`, ...)

### General Information
* **JSII Version:** Any
* **Platform:** any

* [ ] I may be able to implement this feature request
* [ ] This feature might incur a breaking change

### Description
I'd like to use RegExp as input for a method:

```typescript
public foo(bar: RegExp) {
...
}
```

Currently this seems to be impossible, I get this compile error:

```
node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts:970:13 - error TS9999: JSII: Cannot use private type RegExp in exported declarations

970 declare var RegExp: RegExpConstructor;
```

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the exported `foo(bar: RegExp)` declaration and the TS9999 error reported from `node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts`. Determine the expected RegExp representation across Python, Java, and .NET, then add coverage showing that exported RegExp parameters are accepted and usable in those runtimes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, java, python, typescript
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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