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The standard libraries and the libraries shipped with Neko (e.g., Regexp) are C libraries with an API layer to interact with Neko. The difference between these libraries and modules written in Neko is only in how they are imported.
Importing from a library looks like this:
{% highlight javascript %} $loader.loadprim("[library]@[function]", num_arguments); {% endhighlight %}
For example, to load the file_open function from the standard library, which takes two arguments, the call would be:
{% highlight javascript %} var open = $loader.loadprim("std@file_open", 2); {% endhighlight %}
The imported function can then be used like any other function.
Similarly, if one wished to import the regexp_new function from the Regexp library, one would do:
{% highlight javascript %} var new_reg = $loader.loadprim("regexp@regexp_new", 1); {% endhighlight %}