When trying to create a parallel circle, the parallel deformer fails for when the radius should be decreased.
import pyx
# works
arcargs = (0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 90, 449)
# does not work
arcargs = (0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 90, 450)
og_path = pyx.path.path(pyx.path.arc(*arcargs))
defo_path = pyx.deformer.parallel(0.1).deform(og_path)
c = pyx.canvas.canvas()
c.stroke(og_path)
c.stroke(defo_path, [pyx.color.rgb.red])
c.writePDFfile()