@@ -326,22 +326,27 @@ def make_compound_path_from_polys(cls, XY):
326326
327327@classmethod
328328def make_compound_path (cls ,* args ):
329- """Make a compound path from a list of Path objects."""
329+ """
330+ Make a compound path from a list of Path objects. Blindly removes all
331+ Path.STOP control points.
332+ """
330333# Handle an empty list in args (i.e. no args).
331334if not args :
332335return Path (np .empty ([0 ,2 ],dtype = np .float32 ))
333-
334336vertices = np .concatenate ([x .vertices for x in args ])
335337codes = np .empty (len (vertices ),dtype = cls .code_type )
336338i = 0
337339for path in args :
338- codes = path .codes
339- if codes is None :
340- codes = np .full (len (path .vertices ),Path .LINETO ,
341- dtype = Path .code_type )
342- codes [0 ]= Path .MOVETO # so concatenated strokes stay separate
343- codes [i :i + len (path .codes )]= codes
340+ if path .codes is None :
341+ codes [i ]= cls .MOVETO
342+ codes [i + 1 :i + len (codes )]= cls .LINETO
343+ else :
344+ codes [i :i + len (path .codes )]= path .codes
344345i += len (path .vertices )
346+ # remove STOP's, since internal STOPs are a bug
347+ not_stop_mask = codes != cls .STOP
348+ vertices = vertices [not_stop_mask , :]
349+ codes = codes [not_stop_mask ]
345350
346351return cls (vertices ,codes )
347352