From 981c1fb154e3999f91dd9c1eff97726d689240ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Ulrich-Matthias=20Sch=C3=A4fer?= <ulima.ums@googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:49:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] return explicit null if there is no root

---
 src/doc.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/doc.js b/src/doc.js
index 843ff03..d4bf7e5 100644
--- a/src/doc.js
+++ b/src/doc.js
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ SVG.Doc = SVG.invent({
         if(parent.isRoot()) return parent
       }
 
-      throw new Error('This should never be reached')
+      // this can only happen when you have something like
+      // <g><svg>...</svg></g>
+      return null
     },
     // Add namespaces
     namespace: function() {
-- 
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