Error querying a view with reduce built-in
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Description
### Issue
I'd like to perform a reduce of an existing view. The view exists and works properly and has no reduce function defined. When I try to call a built-in reduce when querying the view, I get an error.
My view:
```
contacts: {
map: "function (doc) {\n if(doc.type==='contact')\n emit(doc._id, doc.first_name + ' ' + doc.last_name);\n}",
}
```
The query:
```js
await db.query("myView", {reduce:"_count"});
```
The error I get:
error: 'query_parse_error',
reason: 'Invalid boolean parameter: "_count"'
The [documentation](https://pouchdb.com/api.html#query_database) explicitly says:
> options.reduce: Defaults to true when a reduce function is defined, or false otherwise. Valid values:
> * true - calls the defined reduce function, or the map function if no reduce is defined.
> * false - calls the defined map function.
> * A reduce function.
> * **The string name of a built-in function: '_sum', '_count', or '_stats'.**
Either it's a bug or the documentation is misleading...
### Info
- Environment: Node.js
- Adapter: Direct calls to CouchDB
- Server: CouchDB
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