2 # Available in 1.8.6 and later.
3 unless respond_to?(:instance_variable_defined?)
4 def instance_variable_defined?(variable)
5 instance_variables.include?(variable.to_s)
9 def instance_values #:nodoc:
10 instance_variables.inject({}) do |values, name|
11 values[name.to_s[1..-1]] = instance_variable_get(name)
16 def copy_instance_variables_from(object, exclude = []) #:nodoc:
17 exclude += object.protected_instance_variables if object.respond_to? :protected_instance_variables
19 vars = object.instance_variables.map(&:to_s) - exclude.map(&:to_s)
20 vars.each { |name| instance_variable_set(name, object.instance_variable_get(name)) }