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feat(stdlib): finish Crypto (CSPRNG + base64) and add Uuid.* library (#19 #16)
Crypto (#19): add the OS cryptographically-secure random surface
(random_bytes/random_hex/random_u32, reading /dev/urandom) and a standard
base64 encoder, completing the library alongside the existing SHA-256/
HMAC-SHA256/verify_hmac/hex/ct_equal. All pure integer IR, C-free.

Uuid (#16): a new namespace for stable, collision-free IDs — v4 (random) and
v7 (time-ordered) generation, plus parse/is_valid/to_text/equals/nil. UUIDs are
canonical lowercase 36-char strings; v4 and v7's random tail draw from the
crypto CSPRNG, so both carry the documented determinism caveat (mint at the
edges, never inside lockstep simulation). Reuses the crypto prelude's
fn_secure_bytes / fn_hex_encode.

- examples/library/{crypto,uuid}.ludic: known-answer vectors (SHA-256, HMAC,
  base64 per RFC 4231/4648) and structural invariants (uuid version/variant
  bits, parse/equals), wired into `x test` (now 51 passed).
- docs: per-symbol pages for every new method + a new Uuid section; inventory
  and impl-vs-docs coverage check pass.
- seed regenerated; `x bootstrap-cfree` fixpoint holds.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-30 21:40:51 +03:00

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crypto-base64 Crypto.base64 crypto namespace-method Crypto.base64 Crypto.base64(s) -> string Standard base64 (RFC 4648) of a string's bytes. 9 Crypto base64

Encodes the bytes of s as standard base64 (RFC 4648, the A–Z a–z 0–9 + / alphabet with = padding). Base64 turns arbitrary bytes into printable ASCII, which is what you want when a digest, key, or binary blob has to travel through a text-only channel — a JSON field, a URL-safe token wrapper, a config file, a log line. It is an encoding, not encryption: it hides nothing and adds no integrity. Pair it with Crypto.hmac_sha256 when the payload must also be tamper-evident.

The output length is always a multiple of four; a one- or two-byte remainder in the input is padded with =.

Parameters:

  • s — the string whose bytes are encoded
program Encode {
  entry {
    print(Crypto.base64("foobar"))   # Zm9vYmFy
    print(Crypto.base64("f"))        # Zg==
  }
}