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20. Standard Library

Implementation status: stdlib/c/io.zith and stdlib/std/io/console.zith are the only shipped modules. puts and println work. All other standard library content is spec-only. See impl-status.md.

20.1 Three-Part Structure

Namespace	Stability	Use when
`std`	Stable, backward-compatible	You need a guaranteed API
`soon`	Experimental, may change	You're prototyping and don't mind breakage
`c`	Direct C FFI bindings	You need to call C APIs

import std;
import soon;   // use with caution — API may shift
import c;       // raw C bindings

20.2 Core Modules

`std/io/console`

fn println(msg: []char): void;
fn print(msg: []char): void;
fn eprint(msg: []char): void;

@println("hello");

`std/collections/DynArray`

struct DynArray<T> {
    fn push(self: lend, val: T);
    fn pop(self): ?T;
    fn len(self): u64;
    fn get(self, index: u64): ?T;
}

`std/fs`

struct File { ... }

fn open(path: string): File!;
fn read(self: view File): []u8!;
fn write(self: lend File, data: []u8): void!;

20.3 Common Traits

Trait	What it enables
`Copy`	Bitwise copy — primitives and components get this by default
`Clone`	`fn clone(self): Self!`
`Lent`	Can appear as a `lend` parameter
`Share`	Safe to share across threads

Zith Language Specification — Draft v0.9