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Test a custom input to verify an edge case (e.g. empty lists, negative numbers, duplicates).
This bug belongs to the type errors pattern
Totals that concatenate, sorts that put 10 before 9, comparisons that refuse to run.
What went wrong: reversed() gives an iterator, not a string. str() on it shows a description, not the letters.
The fix: return text[::-1]
Remember: reversed(), map() and zip() give iterators. Wrap them in list() or join().
The pattern behind it: type errors.
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