However, the new spacing is smaller than before. The original grid spacing was 1/32 px. The new grid spacing is 1/512 px. This is large enough that redundant paths do not appear, but is still sufficiently small that the errors originally reported here are not observable.
in rev 12420, the grid has been re-introduced to deal with the problem reported at http:// article. gmane.org/ gmane.comp. graphics. inkscape. devel/40786
However, the new spacing is smaller than before. The original grid spacing was 1/32 px. The new grid spacing is 1/512 px. This is large enough that redundant paths do not appear, but is still sufficiently small that the errors originally reported here are not observable.