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That looks really verbose. Also, am I correct in thinking that redis.Integer(client.Do("GET", "mykey")) would be an error, even if you've previously stored a in

• BarkMore 12y ago
  The statement value, err := redis.Integer(client.Do("GET", "mykey")) sets the int variable "value" to the decimal integer stored in "mykey". The variable err is set to a non-nil value if the value cannot be parsed as a decimal integer, the key is missing, the key is not a redis string, the connection is broken or any other error. This method of error handling is convenient because the application only needs to check for one error. The alternative is to do something like: v, err := client.Do("GET", "mykey") if err != nil { // handle command error } p, ok := v.(string) if !ok { // handle error where p is not a redis string } i, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(p)) if err != nil { // handle parse error } There is no trap. If the connection to the server is healthy and the value stored for "mykey" is a decimal encoded integer, then redis.Integer(client.Do("GET", "mykey")) returns that integer.