From 0a2afa48795daedb6a0a0e164490820de8669fd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dion Moult <dion@thinkmoult.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:32:03 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug where element replacement would sometimes fail
 leading to various problems.

---
 src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/element.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/element.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/element.py
index 5404494b16..08d9aff9e6 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/element.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/element.py
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ def replace_attribute(element, old, new):
 def has_element_reference(value, element):
     if isinstance(value, (tuple, list)):
         for v in value:
-            return has_element_reference(v, element)
+            if has_element_reference(v, element):
+                return True
+        return False
     return value == element