[Tutor] lstrip removes '/' unexpectedly

[Ricardo Aráoz]

Danny Yoo wrote:
>> Hello:
>> I'm seeing some strange behavior with lstrip operating
>> on string representations of *nix-style file paths
>> Example:
>>>>> s = '/home/test/'
>>>>> s1 = s.lstrip('/home')
>>>>> s1
>> 'test/'   ## '/test/' was expected! '/' was unexpectedly removed
>> Any comments or corrective measures are welcome
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> Here's another example to help you see what's going on:
> 
> ##########################
>>>> s = '/home/test/'
>>>> s1 = s.lstrip('/ehmo')
>>>> s1
> 'test/'
> ##########################
> 
> Take a closer look at the documentation of lstrip, and you should see that 
> what it takes in isn't treated as a prefix: rather, it'll be treated as a 
> set of characters.
> 

But then the real bug is why does it not strip the trailing '/' in
'test/' or the 'e' that is in your set?