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+/**
+ * Provides classes modeling security-relevant aspects of built-ins.
+ */
+
+import python
+private import semmle.python.dataflow.new.FlowSummary
+private import semmle.python.ApiGraphs
+
+/** A flow summary for `reversed`. */
+class ReversedSummary extends SummarizedCallable {
+  ReversedSummary() { this = "builtins.reversed" }
+
+  override CallNode getACall() { result = API::builtin("reversed").getACall().getNode() }
+
+  override DataFlow::ArgumentNode getACallback() {
+    result = API::builtin("reversed").getAValueReachableFromSource()
+  }
+
+  override predicate propagatesFlowExt(string input, string output, boolean preservesValue) {
+    input = "Argument[0].ListElement" and
+    output = "ReturnValue.ListElement" and
+    preservesValue = true
+  }
+}