Unexpected behavior from inkex.paths.Path.reverse and disjoint paths

Summary:

Invoking inkex's reverse method on a path object containing multiple disjoint segments may combine the segments.

Steps to reproduce:

• Open the attached disjoint.svg file in Inkscape.
• From an extension, execute the following code:

for node in self.svg.xpath('//svg:path'):
    node.path = node.path.reverse()

Alternatively, if you use my Simple Inkscape Scripting extension, run the script

for node in svg_root.xpath('//svg:path'):
    node.path = node.path.reverse()

from the dialog box.

What happened?

The path, which was originally M 128,64 L 128,128 M 128,196 L 128,256, became M 128 256 L 128 196 M 128 196 L 128 64. This is rendered as a single segment instead of two segments with an intervening gap. (Note the L 128 196 followed by a M 128 196.)

What should have happened?

It should have become M 128,256 L 128,196 M 128,128 L 128,64 (or even M 128,256 V 196 M 128,128 V 64), as is done by the Inkscape GUI when executing Path → Reverse.

Sample attachments:

Version info

Inkscape 1.2-alpha (f3d6d80, 2022-02-09)

    GLib version:     2.64.6
    GTK version:      3.24.20
    glibmm version:   2.64.2
    gtkmm version:    3.24.2
    libxml2 version:  2.9.10
    libxslt version:  1.1.34
    Cairo version:    1.17.4
    Pango version:    1.44.7
    HarfBuzz version: 2.6.4

    OS version:       Ubuntu 21.10