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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def merge(self, obj):
 """This function merge another object's values with this instance :param obj: An object to be merged with into this layer :type obj: object """

        for attribute in dir(obj):
            if '__' in attribute:
                continue
            setattr(self, attribute, getattr(obj, attribute))