Re: [svgwg] Question about <use> inside a <clipPath> (#720)

> In the generated content, the ‘use’ will be replaced by ‘g’

You are missing an important line at the start of that section:

> A ‘use’ element has *the same visual effect as if* the ‘use’ element were replaced by the following generated content:

The important part here is "as if".  You don't physically replace the `<use>` with a `<g>`.  You treat the `<use>` *as if* it was a `<g>` when rendering.


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