failure in reversed xdir or ydir axes

hi,

when invoking set to get reversed axes, the new axes labels overlap
with old ones and the axes does not get reversed effectively.

when running
plot(1:10)
set(gca(),"ydir","reverse")
or
plot(1:10)
set(axes,"ydir","reverse");
I get the following figure
test.png

is that a known issue?
is there a simple fix?

thanks,
eric

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