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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 to_dict(self):
 """Prepare a minimal dictionary with keys mapping to attributes for the current instance. """

        o_copy = copy.copy(self)
        # Remove some stuff that is not likely related to AD attributes
        for attribute in dir(self):
            if attribute == 'logger' or attribute == 'adq':
                try:
                    delattr(o_copy, attribute)
                except AttributeError:
                    pass

        return o_copy.__dict__