code: def compact(paths):
      
  
      sep = os.path.sep
      short_paths = set()
      for path in sorted(paths, key=len):
          should_skip = any(
              path.startswith(shortpath.rstrip("*")) and
              path[len(shortpath.rstrip("*").rstrip(sep))] == sep
              for shortpath in short_paths
          )
          if not should_skip:
              short_paths.add(path)
      return short_paths
docs: Compact a path set to contain the minimal number of paths
      necessary to contain all paths in the set. If /a/path/ and
      /a/path/to/a/file.txt are both in the set, leave only the
      shorter path.