def iter_segments(self, transform=None, remove_nans=True, clip=None,
                      snap=False, stroke_width=1.0, simplify=None,
                      curves=True, sketch=None):
        """
        Iterates over all of the curve segments in the path.  Each
        iteration returns a 2-tuple (*vertices*, *code*), where
        *vertices* is a sequence of 1 - 3 coordinate pairs, and *code* is
        one of the :class:`Path` codes.

        Additionally, this method can provide a number of standard
        cleanups and conversions to the path.

        Parameters
        ----------
        <<<removed>>>
        simplify : None or bool, optional
            If True, perform simplification, to remove
             vertices that do not affect the appearance of the path.  If
             False, perform no simplification.  If None, use the
             should_simplify member variable.
        <<<removed>>>
        """
        if not len(self):
            return

        cleaned = self.cleaned(transform=transform,
                               remove_nans=remove_nans, clip=clip,
                               snap=snap, stroke_width=stroke_width,
                               simplify=simplify, curves=curves,
                               sketch=sketch)

    def cleaned(self, transform=None, remove_nans=False, clip=None,
                quantize=False, simplify=False, curves=False,
                stroke_width=1.0, snap=False, sketch=None):
        """
        Cleans up the path according to the parameters returning a new
        Path instance.

        .. seealso::

            See :meth:`iter_segments` for details of the keyword arguments.

        Returns
        -------
        Path instance with cleaned up vertices and codes.

        """
        vertices, codes = _path.cleanup_path(self, transform,
                                             remove_nans, clip,
                                             snap, stroke_width,
                                             simplify, curves, sketch)