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+"""Get a descriptive name and description for a view,
+based on class name and docstring, and override-able by 'name' and 'description' attributes"""
+import re
+
+def get_name(view):
+    """Return a name for the view.
+    
+    If view has a name attribute, use that, otherwise use the view's class name, with 'CamelCaseNames' converted to 'Camel Case Names'."""
+    if getattr(view, 'name', None) is not None:
+        return view.name
+
+    if getattr(view, '__name__', None) is not None:
+        name = view.__name__
+    elif getattr(view, '__class__', None) is not None:  # TODO: should be able to get rid of this case once refactoring to 1.3 class views is complete
+        name = view.__class__.__name__
+    else:
+        return ''
+
+    return re.sub('(((?<=[a-z])[A-Z])|([A-Z](?![A-Z]|$)))', ' \\1', name).strip()
+
+def get_description(view):
+    """Provide a description for the view.
+
+    By default this is the view's docstring with nice unindention applied."""
+    if getattr(view, 'description', None) is not None:
+        return getattr(view, 'description')
+
+    if getattr(view, '__doc__', None) is not None:
+        whitespace_counts = [len(line) - len(line.lstrip(' ')) for line in view.__doc__.splitlines()[1:] if line.lstrip()]
+
+        if whitespace_counts:
+            whitespace_pattern = '^' + (' ' * min(whitespace_counts))
+            return re.sub(re.compile(whitespace_pattern, re.MULTILINE), '', view.__doc__)
+
+        return view.__doc__
+    
+    return ''
+\ No newline at end of file