Define CompoundPath#reverse() and #clockwise, and replace reversePath() with it.

src/path/CompoundPath.js

@@ -89,11 +89,36 @@ var CompoundPath = this.CompoundPath = PathItem.extend(/** @lends CompoundPath#
 		return this;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Reverses the orientation of all nested paths.
+	 */
+	reverse: function() {
+		var children = this._children;
+		for (var i = 0, l = children.length; i < l; i++)
+			children[i].reverse();
+	},
+
 	smooth: function() {
 		for (var i = 0, l = this._children.length; i < l; i++)
 			this._children[i].smooth();
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Specifies whether the compound path is oriented clock-wise.
+	 *
+	 * @type Boolean
+	 * @bean
+	 */
+	isClockwise: function() {
+		var child = this.getFirstChild();
+		return child && child.isClockwise();
+	},
+
+	setClockwise: function(clockwise) {
+		if (this.isClockwise() != !!clockwise)
+			this.reverse();
+	},
+
 	/**
 	 * The first Segment contained within the path.
 	 *

src/path/Path.js

@@ -1085,19 +1085,18 @@ var Path = this.Path = PathItem.extend(/** @lends Path# */{
 	},
 
 	setClockwise: function(clockwise) {
+		// Only revers the path if its clockwise orientation is not the same
+		// as what it is now demanded to be.
 		// On-the-fly conversion to boolean:
-		if (this.isClockwise() != (clockwise = !!clockwise)) {
+		if (this.isClockwise() != (clockwise = !!clockwise))
-			// Only revers the path if its clockwise orientation is not the same
-			// as what it is now demanded to be.
 			this.reverse();
-		}
 		// Reverse only flips _clockwise state if it was already set, so let's
 		// always set this here now.
 		this._clockwise = clockwise;
 	},
 
 	/**
-	 * Reverses the segments of the path.
+	 * Reverses the orientation of the path, by reversing all its segments.
 	 */
 	reverse: function() {
 		this._segments.reverse();

src/path/PathItem.Boolean.js

@@ -108,21 +108,6 @@ PathItem.inject(new function() {
 		return baseWinding;
 	}
 
-	function reversePath(path) {
-		var baseWinding;
-		if (path instanceof CompoundPath) {
-			var children = path.children, i, len;
-			for (i = 0, len = children.length; i < len; i++) {
-				children[i].reverse();
-			}
-			baseWinding = children[0].clockwise;
-		} else {
-			path.reverse();
-			baseWinding = path.clockwise;
-		}
-		return baseWinding;
-	}
-
 	function computeBoolean(path1, path2, operator, subtract, _cache) {
 		var _path1, _path2, path1Clockwise, path2Clockwise;
 		var ixs, path1Id, path2Id;
@@ -147,8 +132,10 @@ PathItem.inject(new function() {
 		path1Id = _path1.id;
 		path2Id = _path2.id;
 		// Do operator specific calculations before we begin
-		if (subtract)
+		if (subtract) {
-			path2Clockwise = reversePath(_path2);
+			_path2.reverse();
+			path2Clockwise = !path2Clockwise;
+		}
 
 		var i, j, len, path, crv;
 		var paths = [];