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@@ -169,18 +169,13 @@ backend class (i.e. ``mypackage.backends.whatever.WhateverCache``).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A string containing a dotted path to a function (or any callable) that defines
-how to compose a prefix, version and key into a final cache key. The default
-implementation is equivalent to the function::
-
- def make_key(key, key_prefix, version):
- return ":".join([key_prefix, str(version), key])
+how to compose a key, prefix, and version into a final cache key. The default
+function converts the components to strings and joins them with colons, as
+shown in the :ref:`cache documentation <cache_key_transformation>`.
You may use any key function you want, as long as it has the same
argument signature.
-See the :ref:`cache documentation <cache_key_transformation>` for more
-information.
-
.. setting:: CACHES-KEY_PREFIX
``KEY_PREFIX``