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Yes, this is their intended use

Another option (my preferred) is to do lookups instead. eg. calling

get_<resource>

functions with the parameters known from the library. This way you can have constant eg.

AWS_ROLE_NAME=myRole

and then you can

const role = aws.iam.getRole(AWS_ROLE_NAME) 
role.arn

The benefit of this approach is sharing more complex objects is easier. Also prevents outdated stack references

Combining the two methods is a common approach. Passing the ID or Name using a stack reference, then using functions or the

.get

method to load the rest of the data for the stack to use

be careful about using

<Resource>.get

method it is very different from

get_<resource>

and can lead to side effects

What side effects have you encountered?