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Expand Up @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ If you set ``by_reference`` to false, submitting looks like this::
$author->setEmail('...');
$article->setAuthor($author);

So, all that ``by_reference=false`` really does is force the framework to
call the setter on the parent object.
So, all that ``by_reference=false`` really does is that it clones the object,
which enforces the framework to call the setter on the parent object.

Similarly, if you're using the :doc:`CollectionType </reference/forms/types/collection>`
field where your underlying collection data is an object (like with
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