diff --git a/src/lib/ivec.rs b/src/lib/ivec.rs
index 0343c98676a..1b21a199e89 100644
--- a/src/lib/ivec.rs
+++ b/src/lib/ivec.rs
@@ -303,6 +303,32 @@ fn zip[@T, @U](v: &[T], u: &[U]) -> [{_0: T, _1: U}] {
     }
 }
 
+// Swaps two elements in a vector
+fn swap[@T](v: &[mutable T], a: uint, b: uint) {
+    let t: T = v.(a);
+    v.(a) = v.(b);
+    v.(b) = t;
+}
+
+// In place vector reversal
+fn reverse[@T](v: &[mutable T]) {
+    let i: uint = 0u;
+    let ln = len[T](v);
+    while i < ln / 2u { swap(v, i, ln - i - 1u); i += 1u; }
+}
+
+
+// Functional vector reversal. Returns a reversed copy of v.
+fn reversed[@T](v: &[T]) -> [T] {
+    let rs: [T] = ~[];
+    let i = len[T](v);
+    if i == 0u { ret rs; } else { i -= 1u; }
+    while i != 0u { rs += ~[v.(i)]; i -= 1u; }
+    rs += ~[v.(0)];
+    ret rs;
+}
+
+
 mod unsafe {
     type ivec_repr =
         {mutable fill: uint,
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/vec-reverse.rs b/src/test/run-pass/vec-reverse.rs
index 64d75b6b878..4e5992a2cc5 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/vec-reverse.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/vec-reverse.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 
 use std;
-import std::vec;
+import std::ivec;
 
 fn main() {
-    let v: vec[mutable int] = [mutable 10, 20];
+    let v: [mutable int] = ~[mutable 10, 20];
     assert (v.(0) == 10);
     assert (v.(1) == 20);
-    vec::reverse(v);
+    ivec::reverse(v);
     assert (v.(0) == 20);
     assert (v.(1) == 10);
-    let v2 = vec::reversed[int]([10, 20]);
+    let v2 = ivec::reversed[int](~[10, 20]);
     assert (v2.(0) == 20);
     assert (v2.(1) == 10);
     v.(0) = 30;
     assert (v2.(0) == 20);
     // Make sure they work with 0-length vectors too.
 
-    let v4 = vec::reversed[int]([]);
-    let v3: vec[mutable int] = vec::empty_mut();
-    vec::reverse[int](v3);
+    let v4 = ivec::reversed[int](~[]);
+    let v3: [mutable int] = ~[mutable];
+    ivec::reverse[int](v3);
 }
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