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Standard Library¶

The language will provide a consistent, safety-oriented standard library.

1. Core Utilities¶

String manipulation.
Mathematical operations.
Numeric conversions.
Date and time handling.
Collection operations.
Data formatting.

2. Data Handling¶

JSON parsing and serialization.
Structured data validation.
File reading and writing.
Data transformation.
Encoding and decoding.

3. Input and Output¶

Console input and output.
File system operations.
Stream processing.
Structured logging.

4. Networking¶

HTTP requests.
Secure connections.
Request and response handling.
Timeout and cancellation support.
Explicit network permissions.

5. Concurrency¶

Task creation and management.
Asynchronous operations.
Synchronization primitives.
Channels and message passing.

6. Security¶

Cryptographic primitives.
Secure random number generation.
Hashing.
Authentication interfaces.
Secure secret handling.

7. Database Support¶

Database connection interfaces.
Parameterized queries.
Transaction management.
Explicit transaction boundaries.

8. Standard Library Rules¶

All standard library functions must have documented contracts.
External effects must be declared.
Failure conditions must be explicit.
Safety guarantees must be verifiable.
APIs must use consistent naming and conventions.
Standard library behavior must be versioned and documented.

Design Goal¶

Provide AI agents with dependable, standardized building blocks that reduce the need to generate repetitive low-level code or introduce unnecessary dependencies.

Source and authority¶

This page migrates STDLBRY.md in full. It is an explanatory / implementation document, not the normative specification. Where it simplifies a rule, the Technical Specification governs. The original file is preserved in source-original/LANG/.