The following simple code (an acute accent from TG Pagella): path p; p:=(302,643)..controls (302,662) and (288,677) ..(271,677)..controls (256,677) and (238,666) ..(216,644)..controls (216,644) and (78,506) ..(78,506)..controls (78,506) and (118,506) ..(118,506)..controls (118,506) and (262,596) ..(262,596)..controls (295,617) and (302,625) ..cycle; show turningnumber p; end. produces a strange result with the new Metapost, namely, turningnumber=6: This is MetaPost, version 1.770 (kpathsea version 6.1.1dev) 10 DEC 2012 15:35 **zz.mp (plain.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.63)) (./zz.mp
6
A previous version of Metapost, 1.503, produces the correct result: This is MetaPost, version 1.503 (kpathsea version 6.0.0) 10 DEC 2012 15:42 **zz.mp (mpost15.mp (c:\BOP-UTI/lib-mfmp/0mp/plain.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.63)) (./zz.mp
1 )
Of course, Metafont produces also the correct result as expected: This is METAFONT, Version 2.718281 (Web2C 2010) (base=mf 2011.1.14) 10 DEC 2012 15:35 **zz.mp (zz.mp
1 )
Cheers -- Jacko -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski: B_Jackowski@GUST.ORG.PL ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-