Add #bit_reverse
and #byte_swap
for primitive integers
#12865
Merged
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Resolves #12828.
The standard library uses these new methods immediately; this shouldn't break the interpreter in 1.6 because no new primitives are used.
IO::ByteFormat
might also leverage#byte_swap
, but that must wait until after 1.7 is released so as not to break interpreted code.