[Python-Dev] str.lstrip bug?

[Florian Bruhin]

* lou xiao <lox.xiao at gmail.com> [2015-03-11 01:27:21 +0800]:
> I find a bug in str.lstrip, when i call str.lstrip, i get this result.

You're misunderstanding how str.strip works. It takes a set of
characters and removes them all from the beginning:

    >>> "abababcd".lstrip('ab')
    >>> 'cd'

Florian

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