feat: add path and collection standard library helpers

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Ready now:
 - choices with `IF` / `ELSE` / `END`
 - loops
 - lists and maps
-- files, JSON, and text helpers
+- files, JSON, text helpers, and tested path/collection library helpers
 - friendly checking with `claro check`
 
 Good starting docs:

docs/STDLIB.md

@@ -1,56 +1,76 @@
-# Claro Standard Library (Commands)
+# Claro Standard Library
 
-Claro’s “stdlib” is exposed as readable commands.
+Claro keeps common tasks readable. Most beginner programs can use commands such as `TEXT LENGTH`, `COUNT`, `GET`, `PUT`, `READ FILE`, and `WRITE FILE` directly. For reusable helper functions, import a standard-library module.
 
-## TEXT
+## Path helpers
 
-### Split
 ```claro
-TEXT SPLIT "a,b,c" BY "," AS parts
+IMPORT "lib/path.claro" AS path
+
+CALL path.join WITH "notes", "today.txt"
+SAY RESULT                 # notes/today.txt
+
+CALL path.basename WITH "notes/today.txt"
+SAY RESULT                 # today.txt
+
+CALL path.dirname WITH "notes/today.txt"
+SAY RESULT                 # notes
+
+CALL path.ext WITH "notes/today.txt"
+SAY RESULT                 # txt
+
+CALL path.stem WITH "notes/today.txt"
+SAY RESULT                 # today
+
+CALL path.absolute WITH "/home/learner"
+SAY RESULT                 # YES
 ```
 
-### Join
+`path.join` returns portable `/`-separated paths. `path.absolute` recognizes `/`, `\\`, and Windows drive-letter paths.
+
+## Collection helpers
+
 ```claro
-TEXT JOIN parts BY "-" AS out
+IMPORT "lib/collections.claro" AS collections
+
+SET names AS LIST OF TEXT TO LIST
+ADD "Ada" TO names
+ADD "Grace" TO names
+
+CALL collections.length WITH names
+SAY RESULT                 # 2
+CALL collections.join WITH names, " and "
+SAY RESULT                 # Ada and Grace
+CALL collections.contains WITH names, "Grace"
+SAY RESULT                 # YES
+CALL collections.index WITH names, "Grace"
+SAY RESULT                 # 2
 ```
 
-### Replace all
-```claro
-TEXT REPLACE "one two two" FROM "two" TO "three" AS out
-```
+Available list helpers:
 
-## PATH
+- `collections.length WITH items`
+- `collections.contains WITH items, value`
+- `collections.index WITH items, value` — returns a **1-based** position, or `0` when absent
+- `collections.join WITH items, separator`
+- `collections.reversed WITH items` — returns a new list; the source list is unchanged
 
-### Dirname
-```claro
-PATH DIRNAME "C:/games/save/file.txt" AS dir
-```
+Available map helpers:
 
-### Normalize
-Unifies slashes and removes `.` / `..` where possible:
-```claro
-PATH NORMALIZE "../data/./levels/../sprites" AS clean
-```
+- `collections.has_key WITH values, key`
+- `collections.get WITH values, key, fallback`
+- `collections.keys WITH values`
+- `collections.values WITH values`
 
-### Is absolute
-```claro
-PATH ISABS "/home/me/file.txt" AS isAbs
-```
+Use the returned value through `RESULT`, exactly as with other Claro function calls.
 
-### Exists
-Checks if a file exists at the path:
-```claro
-PATH EXISTS "config.json" AS ok
-```
+## Existing modules
 
-## TIME
+- `lib/text.claro`: text case checks and simple splitting
+- `lib/math.claro`: numeric helpers
+- `lib/random.claro`: deterministic seed and integer helpers
+- `lib/csv.claro`: CSV read/write helpers
 
-### Unix seconds
-```claro
-TIME NOW AS t
-```
+## Commands rather than promises
 
-### Unix milliseconds (coarse)
-```claro
-TIME NOWMS AS ms
-```
+The `PATH ...` and `TIME ...` command forms in older planning material are not part of the stable Claro command set. Use the documented `path` module above and the core file commands instead. This page describes the APIs currently shipped and validated in the stable executable.