CodeceptJS 4.x - Regex-format steps are no longer supported as valid input

[nlespiaucq]

🚩 [4.0.1-beta.23]

Until now (ie: 3.x), the step definition supports 3 formats:

• regular string,
• cucumber expression,
• regex

Cf: https://codecept.io/bdd/#gherkin
However, it's no longer the case with the version 4.x

Impacts

It's a breaking changes causing errors in the IDE, and blocking PR checks (if exists) when trying to validate contracts.

How to reproduce:

• Clone: git clone git@github.com:nlespiaucq/examples-ts.git
• Checkout the 4.x branch: git checkout 4.x
• Install everything

cd codeceptjs-examples-ts
npm install
npx playwright install

• Run validation script: npx tsc --noEmit --skipLibCheck

Current result

todomvc-tests/step-definitions/create-todos.steps.ts:9:6 - error TS2345: Argument of type 'RegExp' is not assignable to parameter of type 'string'.

9 When(/I create a todo (\d+)/, (todo) => {
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Found 1 error in todomvc-tests/step-definitions/create-todos.steps.ts:9