symfony
diff --git a/‎src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
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diff --git a/‎src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php
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@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ private function doParse($value, $flags)
                         $value = $this->parseBlock($this->getRealCurrentLineNb() + 1, $this->getNextEmbedBlock(), $flags);
                         if ('<<' === $key) {
                             $this->refs[$refMatches['ref']] = $value;
+
+                            if (Yaml::PARSE_OBJECT_FOR_MAP & $flags && $value instanceof \stdClass) {
+                                $value = (array) $value;
+                            }
+
                             $data += $value;
                         } elseif ($allowOverwrite || !isset($data[$key])) {
                             // Spec: Keys MUST be unique; first one wins.
 
@@ -1941,6 +1941,34 @@ public function testParseReferencesOnMergeKeys()
 
         $this->assertSame($expected, $this->parser->parse($yaml));
     }
+
+    public function testParseReferencesOnMergeKeysWithMappingsParsedAsObjects()
+    {
+        $yaml = <<<YAML
+mergekeyrefdef:
+    a: foo
+    <<: &quux
+        b: bar
+        c: baz
+mergekeyderef:
+    d: quux
+    <<: *quux
+YAML;
+        $expected = (object) array(
+            'mergekeyrefdef' => (object) array(
+                'a' => 'foo',
+                'b' => 'bar',
+                'c' => 'baz',
+            ),
+            'mergekeyderef' => (object) array(
+                'd' => 'quux',
+                'b' => 'bar',
+                'c' => 'baz',
+            ),
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $this->parser->parse($yaml, Yaml::PARSE_OBJECT_FOR_MAP));
+    }
 }
 
 class B