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Standard Library

Import std to use the standard library:

import std;

String message = "hello";
std.Vector<Int> values! = std.Vector<Int>();

Frequently used value types such as String, Vector, Path, and Duration are available directly from std. Broader APIs are grouped by purpose:

  • std.collection provides Vector, HashMap, and HashSet.
  • std.fs, std.io, and std.process provide hosted-system operations; file reads also have a focused async entry.
  • std.path manipulates path bytes without accessing the filesystem.
  • std.time and std.random provide clocks, durations, system entropy, and seeded generators.
  • std.debug and panic provide diagnostics and unrecoverable process termination.

The standard library follows normal Jiang ownership. Owned results are released automatically, borrowed views cannot outlive their source, and recoverable failures use T@E.

Domain, Task, and coroutine are language-level concurrency features from core; std does not wrap them in a second async API. Continue with Functions and Tasks.