extract_state.rb

  def extract_state object
    state = { local_variables: {}, instance_variables: {} }
    object_binding = object.send :binding

    puts eval('local_variables', object_binding)
    eval('local_variables', object_binding).each do |variable|
      state[:local_variables][variable] = eval "#{variable}", object_binding
    end

    eval('instance_variables', object_binding).each do |variable|
      state[:instance_variables][variable] = object_binding.instance_variable_get variable
    end

    state.inspect
  end