How do I DRY up my CouchDB views?

Question

What can I do to share code among views in CouchDB?

Example 1 -- utility methods

Jesse Hallett has some good utility methods, including

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Answer 1

You can't do this (last I checked) because the views are stored in the database, and the key for the view is a hash of itself. A view cannot rely on outside data/logic/programming, because if it changes then the view is different and won't match. It confused me, and still does, so I may be wrong.