Standard library index

Top-level modules

The Wave standard library contains these top-level modules:

Area	Modules	Representative purpose
Strings and data	string, bytes, buffer	String operations, endian/byte helpers, growable buffers
Math	math	Integer and mathematical helpers
Memory and C boundary	mem, libc	Manual memory and C runtime bindings
Files and I/O	io, fs	File descriptors, files, and directories
Networking	net	Addresses, sockets, polling, TCP, UDP
Environment, paths, time	env, path, time	Environment variables, paths, time operations
System and processes	sys, process	OS boundaries, process creation and waiting

Import granularity

Imports normally identify the specific .wave source unit that defines the API you need, rather than only the top-level module name.

import("std::string::len")::{len, is_empty};
import("std::fs::file")::{fs_open_read, fs_close};
import("std::mem::alloc")::{mem_alloc, mem_free};

The selective form makes the named public declarations available without a namespace prefix. A plain import("std::string::len"); instead exposes them through the std::string::len namespace.

Finding APIs

The standard library is distributed as Wave source. Locate it with:

wavec print std-path

Open a module's .wave files to inspect its public signatures, return contracts, and lower-level imports.

Platform boundaries

APIs under modules such as sys, libc, fs, net, and process often preserve platform-style failure results, including negative error values. Do not assume success; inspect and handle each function's return contract.

Use the standard library installed with the compiler so its modules and compiler agree on their language and ABI contracts.