define(['../array/join', '../array/slice'], function(join, slice){

    /**
     * Group arguments as path segments, if any of the args is `null` or an
     * empty string it will be ignored from resulting path.
     */
    function makePath(var_args){
        var result = join(slice(arguments), '/');
        // need to disconsider duplicate '/' after protocol (eg: 'http://')
        return result.replace(/([^:\/]|^)\/{2,}/g, '$1/');
    }

    return makePath;
});