'Set a gauge value.'

def _our_gauge(self, stat, value, rate=1, delta=False):

    from django_statsd.clients import statsd
    if delta:
        value_str = ('%+g|g' % (value,))
    else:
        value_str = ('%g|g' % (value,))
    statsd._send(stat, value_str, rate)
