ed_field contains ["test", "test"]

  # Non-repeated fields cannot be overwritten
  a.singular_field = 1
  b.singular_field = 2
  text_format.Parse(repr(a), b) # ParseError

  # Binary version:
  b.ParseFromString(a.SerializeToString()) # repeated_field is now "test"

Caller is responsible for clearing the message as needed.

Args:
  text (str): Message text representation.
  message (Message): A protocol buffer message to merge into.
  allow_unknown_extension: if True, skip over missing extensions and keep
    parsing
  allow_field_number: if True, both field number and field name are allowed.
  descriptor_pool (DescriptorPool): Descriptor pool used to resolve Any types.
  allow_unknown_field: if True, skip over unknown field and keep
    parsing. Avoid to use this option if possible. It may hide some
    errors (e.g. spelling error on field name)

Returns:
  Message: The same message passed as argument.

Raises:
  ParseError: On text parsing problems.
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