refactor: improve type specificity and use accessors for resolving ndarray meta data

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Author: kgryte

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/reverse-dimension/README.md

@@ -45,31 +45,25 @@ var reverseDimension = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/reverse-dimension' );
 Returns a view of an input ndarray in which the order of elements along a specified dimension is reversed.
 
 ```javascript
+var getShape = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/shape' );
 var ndarray = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/ctor' );
-var ndarray2array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/to-array' );
 
 var buffer = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 ];
 var shape = [ 3, 2 ];
 var strides = [ 2, 1 ];
 var offset = 0;
 
 var x = ndarray( 'generic', buffer, shape, strides, offset, 'row-major' );
-// returns <ndarray>
+// returns <ndarray>[ [ 1.0, 2.0 ], [ 3.0, 4.0 ], [ 5.0, 6.0 ] ]
 
-var sh = x.shape;
+var sh = getShape( x );
 // returns [ 3, 2 ]
 
-var arr = ndarray2array( x );
-// returns [ [ 1.0, 2.0 ], [ 3.0, 4.0 ], [ 5.0, 6.0 ] ]
-
 var y = reverseDimension( x, 0, false );
-// returns <ndarray>
+// returns <ndarray>[ [ 5.0, 6.0 ], [ 3.0, 4.0 ], [ 1.0, 2.0 ] ]
 
-sh = y.shape;
+sh = getShape( y );
 // returns [ 3, 2 ]
-
-arr = ndarray2array( y );
-// returns [ [ 5.0, 6.0 ], [ 3.0, 4.0 ], [ 1.0, 2.0 ] ]
 ```
 
 The function accepts the following arguments:

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/reverse-dimension/benchmark/benchmark.js

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ bench( pkg+'::1d,non-base', function benchmark( b ) {
 	var v;
 	var i;
 
-	/* eslint-disable object-curly-newline */
+	/* eslint-disable object-curly-newline, stdlib/line-closing-bracket-spacing */
 
 	values = [
 		empty( [ 2 ], { 'dtype': 'float64' } ),
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ bench( pkg+'::1d,non-base', function benchmark( b ) {
 		empty( [ 2 ], { 'dtype': 'generic' } )
 	];
 
-	/* eslint-enable object-curly-newline */
+	/* eslint-enable object-curly-newline, stdlib/line-closing-bracket-spacing */
 
 	b.tic();
 	for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ bench( pkg+'::2d,non-base', function benchmark( b ) {
 	var v;
 	var i;
 
-	/* eslint-disable object-curly-newline */
+	/* eslint-disable object-curly-newline, stdlib/line-closing-bracket-spacing */
 
 	values = [
 		empty( [ 2, 2 ], { 'dtype': 'float64' } ),
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ bench( pkg+'::2d,non-base', function benchmark( b ) {
 		empty( [ 2, 2 ], { 'dtype': 'generic' } )
 	];
 
-	/* eslint-enable object-curly-newline */
+	/* eslint-enable object-curly-newline, stdlib/line-closing-bracket-spacing */
 
 	b.tic();
 	for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ bench( pkg+'::3d,non-base', function benchmark( b ) {
 	var v;
 	var i;
 
-	/* eslint-disable object-curly-newline */
+	/* eslint-disable object-curly-newline, stdlib/line-closing-bracket-spacing */
 
 	values = [
 		empty( [ 2, 2, 2 ], { 'dtype': 'float64' } ),
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ bench( pkg+'::3d,non-base', function benchmark( b ) {
 		empty( [ 2, 2, 2 ], { 'dtype': 'generic' } )
 	];
 
-	/* eslint-enable object-curly-newline */
+	/* eslint-enable object-curly-newline, stdlib/line-closing-bracket-spacing */
 
 	b.tic();
 	for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ bench( pkg+'::4d,non-base', function benchmark( b ) {
 	var v;
 	var i;
 
-	/* eslint-disable object-curly-newline */
+	/* eslint-disable object-curly-newline, stdlib/line-closing-bracket-spacing */
 
 	values = [
 		empty( [ 2, 2, 2, 2 ], { 'dtype': 'float64' } ),
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ bench( pkg+'::4d,non-base', function benchmark( b ) {
 		empty( [ 2, 2, 2, 2 ], { 'dtype': 'generic' } )
 	];
 
-	/* eslint-enable object-curly-newline */
+	/* eslint-enable object-curly-newline, stdlib/line-closing-bracket-spacing */
 
 	b.tic();
 	for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ bench( pkg+'::5d,non-base', function benchmark( b ) {
 	var v;
 	var i;
 
-	/* eslint-disable object-curly-newline */
+	/* eslint-disable object-curly-newline, stdlib/line-closing-bracket-spacing */
 
 	values = [
 		empty( [ 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 ], { 'dtype': 'float64' } ),
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ bench( pkg+'::5d,non-base', function benchmark( b ) {
 		empty( [ 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 ], { 'dtype': 'generic' } )
 	];
 
-	/* eslint-enable object-curly-newline */
+	/* eslint-enable object-curly-newline, stdlib/line-closing-bracket-spacing */
 
 	b.tic();
 	for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/reverse-dimension/docs/repl.txt

@@ -26,15 +26,10 @@
     Examples
     --------
     > var x = {{alias:@stdlib/ndarray/array}}( [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ] )
-    <ndarray>
-    > x.shape
-    [ 2, 2 ]
+    <ndarray>[ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ]
     > var y = {{alias}}( x, 0, false )
-    <ndarray>
-    > y.shape
-    [ 2, 2 ]
-    > {{alias:@stdlib/ndarray/to-array}}( y )
-    [ [ 3, 4 ], [ 1, 2 ] ]
+    <ndarray>[ [ 3, 4 ], [ 1, 2 ] ]
+
 
     See Also
     --------