function strip(path) {
    var cur;
    var next;
    var str = '';

    for (var i = 0; i < path.length; i++) {
        cur = path.charAt(i);

        if (i !== path.length - 1) {
            next = path.charAt(i + 1);
        }

        if (cur === '/' && (next === '/' || (next === '?' && i > 0))) {
            continue;
        }

        str += cur;
    }

    return str;
}
Cleans up sloppy URLs on the request object, like /foo////bar/// to /foo/bar.

@private
@function strip
@param    {Object} path - a url path to clean up
@returns  {String} cleaned path