Re: [CSS21] Clearance error - hypothetical border edge should be actual border edge (Was: Re: [css2.1] Issue 158 and Issue 178 Resolution)

On Aug 15, 2010, at 1:16 AM, Anton Prowse wrote:

> Secondly, we note the "hypothetical top border edge position" described
> in the first paragraph is merely the position of a hypothetical non-zero
> top border.  It's hypothetical in the sense that the clearing element
> may not actually have a non-zero top border; it's the position where
> such a border would be if it had one.  Of course, if it really does have
> one, then the hypothetical edge is the real edge, and the position of
> the two is the same.

Can't you skip this part and just refer to the "top edge of the border-box"? The border-box is well defined, with or without an actual non-zero border.