well no one would be forcing you to use this feature egg; if it were sensibly implemented it would be an option

if you draw line art for cartoon figures, for example, then often you do not want the lines to actually meet, but you do want the shapes filled - doing it in xara is a lot of extra work... so much in fact that it is one of the reasons I don't do it in xara anymore..... and have no current reason to upgrade...