Streamline String Reversal: Consolidate Implementations and Enhance Code Quality

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Streamline String Reversal: Consolidate Implementations and Enhance Code Quality

Description

Summary of Work

This pull request addresses code duplication and improves the maintainability of our string reversal utility across the project.

Motivation

We identified multiple redundant implementations of string reversal functionality scattered across different modules. This consolidation effort aims to:

• Reduce code duplication
• Improve overall code maintainability
• Establish a single, robust string reversal method
• Ensure consistent behavior across the project

Key Improvements

• Unified string reversal implementation
• Added comprehensive type hinting
• Enhanced documentation
• Maintained backwards compatibility
• Preserved existing test coverage

Benefits

• Simplified codebase
• Reduced potential for inconsistent string reversal logic
• Improved code readability
• More maintainable utility function
• No breaking changes for existing consumers

Changes Made

Functional Changes:

• Consolidated multiple string reversal implementations
• Standardized method signature with type hints
• Implemented efficient two-pointer swap reversal technique
• Maintained support for:
  • Unicode strings
  • Special characters
  • Empty strings
  • Error handling for invalid input types

Architectural Improvements:

• Removed redundant utility modules
• Created a backwards-compatible import mechanism
• Enhanced documentation with clear method descriptions
• Improved type safety with explicit type annotations

Dependency Considerations:

• No external dependency changes
• Minimal impact on existing code
• Preserved original method signatures

Tests and Verification

Test Verification Steps:

• Ran full test suite across all impacted modules
• Confirmed 100% test coverage maintenance
• Validated all existing test scenarios:
  • Standard string reversal
  • Empty string handling
  • Unicode string support
  • Special character processing
  • Error handling for invalid inputs

Test Coverage Highlights:

• 15 comprehensive test cases passed
• Verified backwards compatibility
• Ensured no regressions in string reversal functionality
• Maintained consistent error handling behavior

PRs Merged

The following pull requests have been merged:

• #1: Implement Robust String Reversal Function with Comprehensive Testing from @momstrosity

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