From e434e1e897b8a37107cd8f919310245fac971544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: labrocadabro <labrocadabro@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 11:28:47 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Start draft PR


From 3af4db9e44ba96909e63791ba9cf39347cf288b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: labrocadabro <labrocadabro@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 11:29:33 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Resolve merge conflicts in test_string_utils.py and
 combine test cases

---
 .../string_reversal.cpython-312.pyc           | Bin 634 -> 1044 bytes
 src/string_utils.py                           |  12 +++++-------
 ...ring_reversal.cpython-312-pytest-8.3.5.pyc | Bin 6199 -> 6268 bytes
 tests/test_string_utils.py                    |   5 +++++
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/__pycache__/string_reversal.cpython-312.pyc b/src/__pycache__/string_reversal.cpython-312.pyc
index 1841456ec277daa16eb5b157938e2ee1dbb1e364..41b8c3a4534ea95c8e4b3f40943841ceb07624c5 100644
GIT binary patch
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diff --git a/src/string_utils.py b/src/string_utils.py
index 63a44a0..2bd3d9d 100644
--- a/src/string_utils.py
+++ b/src/string_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-def reverse_string(input_string):
+def reverse_string(input_string: str) -> str:
     """
     Reverse the given string using a manual character-by-character approach.
 
@@ -11,14 +11,12 @@ def reverse_string(input_string):
     Raises:
         TypeError: If the input is not a string.
     """
-    # Type checking
+    # Type checking with additional type hints
     if not isinstance(input_string, str):
         raise TypeError("Input must be a string")
     
-    # Use list to manually reverse the string
-    reversed_chars = []
-    for i in range(len(input_string) - 1, -1, -1):
-        reversed_chars.append(input_string[i])
+    # Use efficient list comprehension for reversal
+    reversed_chars = [input_string[i] for i in range(len(input_string) - 1, -1, -1)]
     
-    # Convert list back to string
+    # Convert list back to string and return
     return ''.join(reversed_chars)
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diff --git a/tests/__pycache__/test_string_reversal.cpython-312-pytest-8.3.5.pyc b/tests/__pycache__/test_string_reversal.cpython-312-pytest-8.3.5.pyc
index 7d4b01b696682e1cfbffc0c64701ca19a198bb72..bfe2877547b084b44aab2f983c4053d3e9b90020 100644
GIT binary patch
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diff --git a/tests/test_string_utils.py b/tests/test_string_utils.py
index 0a66c5b..abde176 100644
--- a/tests/test_string_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_string_utils.py
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ def test_reverse_string_empty():
     """Test reversal of an empty string."""
     assert reverse_string("") == ""
 
+def test_reverse_string_single_char():
+    """Test reversal of a single character."""
+    assert reverse_string("a") == "a"
+
 def test_reverse_string_with_spaces():
     """Test reversal of strings with spaces."""
     assert reverse_string("hello world") == "dlrow olleh"
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@ def test_reverse_string_with_spaces():
 def test_reverse_string_special_chars():
     """Test reversal of strings with special characters."""
     assert reverse_string("a!b@c#") == "#c@b!a"
+    assert reverse_string("a1b2c3!@#") == "#@!3c2b1a"
 
 def test_reverse_string_unicode():
     """Test reversal of unicode strings."""