Sugget Add a new transfomer api like ts.createRegularExpressionLiteral

[paranoidjk]

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Right now there are plenty factory api in typescript transformer, eg:

declare namespace ts {
    function createNodeArray<T extends Node>(elements?: ReadonlyArray<T>, hasTrailingComma?: boolean): NodeArray<T>;
    /** If a node is passed, creates a string literal whose source text is read from a source node during emit. */
    function createLiteral(value: string | StringLiteral | NoSubstitutionTemplateLiteral | NumericLiteral | Identifier): StringLiteral;
    function createLiteral(value: number): NumericLiteral;
    function createLiteral(value: boolean): BooleanLiteral;
    function createLiteral(value: string | number | boolean): PrimaryExpression;
    function createNumericLiteral(value: string): NumericLiteral;
    function createIdentifier(text: string): Identifier;
    function updateIdentifier(node: Identifier): Identifier;
    /** Create a unique temporary variable. */
    function createTempVariable(recordTempVariable: ((node: Identifier) => void) | undefined): Identifier;
    /** Create a unique temporary variable for use in a loop. */
    function createLoopVariable(): Identifier;
    /** Create a unique name based on the supplied text. */
    function createUniqueName(text: string): Identifier;

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But i have searched the codebase and all issue, seems like we can not create a RegularExpressionLiteral through transfomer api, If i understand correctly, please consider add a api to do this. If not, i am willing to hear any solution. 😄

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My suggestion meets these guidelines:
[ ] This wouldn't be a breaking change in existing TypeScript / JavaScript code
[ ] This wouldn't change the runtime behavior of existing JavaScript code
[ ] This could be implemented without emitting different JS based on the types of the expressions
[ ] This isn't a runtime feature (e.g. new expression-level syntax)

[mhegazy]

A PR would be appreciated