Abstract
Eclipsing binaries allow the study of physical stellar parameters in a model-independent way, when photometric and spectroscopic data are combined. However, when spectroscopic data are not available, purely photometric methods can be adopted to first estimate stellar properties, especially for large samples. Cruz et al. have then characterized components of detached EB systems from photometric colors and light curves from the literature, with the purpose of estimating trends from statistical values. An inflation trend of around 20% was estimated, which is in agreement with several results from the literature. As a response to MacDonald & Mullan, the obtained values for individual systems should not be analyzed separately, since they could mislead the results. We encourage further spectroscopic measurements to verify the values estimated from the photometric method.
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