Reversing a string

[AndreasDavour]

Hi.

I've just started to learn some D, so maybe this question is 
extremely stupid, but please bear with me.

I have been trying to reverse a string, and through some googling 
found the std.algorithm.mutation.reverse method. But, when I try 
to use it I get some very verbose errors that just makes my eyes 
glaze over. What on earth do they mean? How do I reverse a 
string, really?

This is my code:
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import std.stdio;
import std.algorithm;

void main() {
   auto test = "This is my text";
   string next_test = reverse(test);

   writeln(test);
   writeln(next_test);
}
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This is my error:
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[ante at tiny ~/src/D/tutorial]$ rdmd string4.d
/usr/home/ante/src/dmd2/freebsd/bin64/../../src/phobos/std/algorithm/mutation.d(2513): Error: template `std.algorithm.mutation.reverse` cannot deduce function from argument types `!()(immutable(ubyte)[])`, candidates are:
/usr/home/ante/src/dmd2/freebsd/bin64/../../src/phobos/std/algorithm/mutation.d(2485):        `std.algorithm.mutation.reverse(Range)(Range r) if (isBidirectionalRange!Range && (hasSwappableElements!Range || hasAssignableElements!Range && hasLength!Range && isRandomAccessRange!Range || isNarrowString!Range && isAssignable!(ElementType!Range)))`
/usr/home/ante/src/dmd2/freebsd/bin64/../../src/phobos/std/algorithm/mutation.d(2521): Error: template `std.algorithm.mutation.reverse` cannot deduce function from argument types `!()(immutable(ubyte)[])`, candidates are:
/usr/home/ante/src/dmd2/freebsd/bin64/../../src/phobos/std/algorithm/mutation.d(2485):        `std.algorithm.mutation.reverse(Range)(Range r) if (isBidirectionalRange!Range && (hasSwappableElements!Range || hasAssignableElements!Range && hasLength!Range && isRandomAccessRange!Range || isNarrowString!Range && isAssignable!(ElementType!Range)))`
string4.d(6): Error: template instance 
`std.algorithm.mutation.reverse!string` error instantiating
Failed: ["/usr/home/ante/src/dmd2/freebsd/bin64/dmd", "-v", 
"-o-", "string4.d", "-I."]
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Can some unpack that for me, please?

I might add that the most intuitive way to reverse a string, I 
think, would be to consider it a range and just do "newstring = 
oldstring[$ .. 0]" but that gives an error about being out of 
bounds, so I guess the compiler expect values to increase from 
left to right, and does not want to increment beyond $. Makes 
sense, but that syntax would be very neat.