s = "qwe" s.strip(s) # no warning s.strip("we") # no warning s.strip(".facebook.com") # warning s.strip("e") # no warning s.strip("\n\t ") # no warning s.strip(r"\n\t ") # warning s.lstrip(s) # no warning s.lstrip("we") # no warning s.lstrip(".facebook.com") # warning s.lstrip("e") # no warning s.lstrip("\n\t ") # no warning s.lstrip(r"\n\t ") # warning s.rstrip(s) # no warning s.rstrip("we") # warning s.rstrip(".facebook.com") # warning s.rstrip("e") # no warning s.rstrip("\n\t ") # no warning s.rstrip(r"\n\t ") # warning s.strip("a") # no warning s.strip("あ") # no warning s.strip("ああ") # warning s.strip("\ufeff") # no warning s.strip("\u0074\u0065\u0073\u0074") # warning from somewhere import other_type, strip strip("we") # no warning other_type().lstrip() # no warning other_type().rstrip(["a", "b", "c"]) # no warning other_type().strip("a", "b") # no warning