Improve interaction between blocking command timeout and connection read timeout. about redigo HOT 3 CLOSED

As having NewConn which can convert a net.Conn to redigo.Conn, it's no need to handle timeout in redigo. The code below is much understandable and flexible than using special readTimeout & writeTimeout parameters.

conn, _ := net.Dial(...)
r := redis.NewConn(conn)

conn.SetDeadline(time.Now().Add(time.Second))
r.Do("...")

conn.SetReadDeadline(0) // wait forever
r.Do("BLPOP", ...)

And it's the same way a standard library, like net/smtp.

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An application can manage the network connection deadline by specifying zero for the timeouts:

r := redis.NewConn(conn, 0 , 0)

If the timeouts are zero, then Redigo will not set the network connection deadlines.

Redigo provides optional deadline management because it's a convenience for most applications.

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Applications should use the timeout argument to the block commands to specify a timeout > 0 and < the timeout specified in dial.

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