3 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_functions.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_functions.vim
index c91e989233..4ad01c8531 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_functions.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_functions.vim
@@ -3148,4 +3148,24 @@ func Test_delfunc_while_listing()
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 endfunc
 
+" Test for the reverse() function with a string
+func Test_string_reverse()
+  let lines =<< trim END
+    call assert_equal('', reverse(v:_null_string))
+    for [s1, s2] in [['', ''], ['a', 'a'], ['ab', 'ba'], ['abc', 'cba'],
+                   \ ['abcd', 'dcba'], ['«-«-»-»', '»-»-«-«'],
+                   \ ['🇦', '🇦'], ['🇦🇧', '🇧🇦'], ['🇦🇧🇨', '🇨🇧🇦'],
+                   \ ['🇦«🇧-🇨»🇩', '🇩»🇨-🇧«🇦']]
+      call assert_equal(s2, reverse(s1))
+    endfor
+  END
+  call CheckLegacyAndVim9Success(lines)
+
+  " test in latin1 encoding
+  let save_enc = &encoding
+  " set encoding=latin1
+  call assert_equal('dcba', reverse('abcd'))
+  let &encoding = save_enc
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_listdict.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_listdict.vim
index 354d987c79..0918e2cd98 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_listdict.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_listdict.vim
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ func Test_reverse_sort_uniq()
   END
   call CheckLegacyAndVim9Success(lines)
 
-  call assert_fails('call reverse("")', 'E899:')
+  call assert_fails('call reverse({})', 'E1252:')
   call assert_fails('call uniq([1, 2], {x, y -> []})', 'E745:')
   call assert_fails("call sort([1, 2], function('min'), 1)", "E1206:")
   call assert_fails("call sort([1, 2], function('invalid_func'))", "E700:")
diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_method.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_method.vim
index ca3b736429..88dbbd7bf4 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_method.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_method.vim
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func Test_dict_method()
   call assert_equal(2, d->remove("two"))
   let d.two = 2
   call assert_fails('let x = d->repeat(2)', 'E731:')
-  call assert_fails('let x = d->reverse()', 'E899:')
+  call assert_fails('let x = d->reverse()', 'E1252:')
   call assert_fails('let x = d->sort()', 'E686:')
   call assert_equal("{'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3}", d->string())
   call assert_equal(v:t_dict, d->type())