patch 9.0.1515: reverse() does not work for a String
Problem: reverse() does not work for a String.
Solution: Implement reverse() for a String. (Yegappan Lakshmanan,
closes #12179)
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
index bc6d8b4..4e194d3 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@
strdisplaywidth() size of string when displayed, deals with tabs
setcellwidths() set character cell width overrides
getcellwidths() get character cell width overrides
+ reverse() reverse the order of characters in a string
substitute() substitute a pattern match with a string
submatch() get a specific match in ":s" and substitute()
strpart() get part of a string using byte index
@@ -797,7 +798,7 @@
reduce() reduce a List to a value
slice() take a slice of a List
sort() sort a List
- reverse() reverse the order of a List or Blob
+ reverse() reverse the order of items in a List
uniq() remove copies of repeated adjacent items
split() split a String into a List
join() join List items into a String
@@ -864,6 +865,7 @@
Blob manipulation: *blob-functions*
blob2list() get a list of numbers from a blob
list2blob() get a blob from a list of numbers
+ reverse() reverse the order of numbers in a blob
Other computation: *bitwise-function*
and() bitwise AND