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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 get_view_description(view_cls, html=False):
 """ Given a view class, return a textual description to represent the view. This name is used in the browsable API, and in OPTIONS responses. This function is the default for the `VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION` setting. """

    description = view_cls.__doc__ or ''
    description = formatting.dedent(smart_text(description))
    if html:
        return formatting.markup_description(description)
    return description