Standard Library Methods

Standard library methods provide the built-in behavior for primitive and collection values. They are receiver-dispatched like script and host methods, but their targets are registered by the runtime.

Value Families

Standard methods currently cover strings, bytes, arrays, maps, sets, ranges, iterators, Option, and Result, plus selected numeric conversion helpers.

fn summarize(name: String, values) -> String {
    let total = values.iter().count()
    return f"{name}:{total}"
}

Collections And Iterators

Collection methods expose explicit views and lazy adapters. collect_array() is the standard terminal for materializing iterator output.

fn doubled(values) {
    return values.iter()
        .filter(|value| value > 0)
        .map(|value| value * 2)
        .collect_array()
}

Option And Result Helpers

Option and Result helpers keep absence and recoverable failure visible without turning expected cases into VM traps.

fn safe_amount(text: String) -> i64 {
    return text.parse_i64().unwrap_or(0)
}

Dispatch And Compatibility

Standard methods use stable IDs internally where possible, with dynamic dispatch available for unknown receivers. Adding or changing standard methods must preserve the same host boundary, budget, and hot reload compatibility rules as other callable targets.