Waffle flag view decorator

gistfile1.py

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import RequestContext
from django.template.loader import render_to_string
from django.utils.decorators import available_attrs
import waffle

def waffled_view(function=None, flag=None, template='503-waffled.html', **kwargs):
    """
    Check the decorated view to see if the flag is enabled for the current
    request. Any kwargs will be made available to the template.
    """
    ctx = {'flag': flag}
    ctx.update(kwargs)
    def view_decorator(view_func):
        @functools.wraps(view_func, assigned=available_attrs(view_func))
        def wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):
            if waffle.flag_is_active(request, flag):
                return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
            
            logger.info('waffle blocked. flag={flag}, user={user}, url={url}'.format(
                flag=flag, user=request.user, url=request.get_full_path(),
            ))

            msg = render_to_string(template, ctx, 
                context_instance=RequestContext(request))
            return HttpResponse(content=msg, status=503)
        return wrapper
    
    if function is None:
        return view_decorator
    return functools.update_wrapper(view_decorator, function)

Thanks for the tip. I refactored it a bit and included your suggestion.