[cairo] Adding polygons

[cairouser at yahoo.com]

Hello all!

I've encountered what seems like a simple use case, that for some reason I am unable to solve within my knowledge of Cairo.

I am trying to "add" (in polygon terms) two shapes. Each shape is drawn using a thick outline and a fill color. What should be drawn is a polygon that is a sum of both provided polygons.
In the attached sample the shapes are - a rectangle, and a pointed arrow with origin at rectangle center.

The sample is created using external polygon clipper. That's an acceptable solution for a simpler shape, but for shapes that include arcs, for example, external clipper is not very helpful
Is there a way to achieve the same effect using only Cairo functionality?

Help greatly appreciated!
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CU
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