define(function () {

  // An internal function for creating assigner functions.
  function createAssigner(keysFunc, defaults) {
    return function(obj) {
      var length = arguments.length;
      if (defaults) obj = Object(obj);
      if (length < 2 || obj == null) return obj;
      for (var index = 1; index < length; index++) {
        var source = arguments[index],
            keys = keysFunc(source),
            l = keys.length;
        for (var i = 0; i < l; i++) {
          var key = keys[i];
          if (!defaults || obj[key] === void 0) obj[key] = source[key];
        }
      }
      return obj;
    };
  }

  return createAssigner;

});