merging masterck-linkdocs

1 files changed, 39 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/redis/commands/helpers.py b/redis/commands/helpers.py
index 46eb83d..5e8ff49 100644
--- a/redis/commands/helpers.py
+++ b/redis/commands/helpers.py
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ def delist(x):
 
 
 def parse_to_list(response):
-    """Optimistally parse the response to a list.
-    """
+    """Optimistically parse the response to a list."""
     res = []
+
+    if response is None:
+        return res
+
     for item in response:
         try:
             res.append(int(item))
@@ -51,6 +54,40 @@ def parse_to_list(response):
     return res
 
 
+def parse_list_to_dict(response):
+    res = {}
+    for i in range(0, len(response), 2):
+        if isinstance(response[i], list):
+            res['Child iterators'].append(parse_list_to_dict(response[i]))
+        elif isinstance(response[i+1], list):
+            res['Child iterators'] = [parse_list_to_dict(response[i+1])]
+        else:
+            try:
+                res[response[i]] = float(response[i+1])
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                res[response[i]] = response[i+1]
+    return res
+
+
+def parse_to_dict(response):
+    if response is None:
+        return {}
+
+    res = {}
+    for det in response:
+        if isinstance(det[1], list):
+            res[det[0]] = parse_list_to_dict(det[1])
+        else:
+            try:  # try to set the attribute. may be provided without value
+                try:  # try to convert the value to float
+                    res[det[0]] = float(det[1])
+                except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                    res[det[0]] = det[1]
+            except IndexError:
+                pass
+    return res
+
+
 def random_string(length=10):
     """
     Returns a random N character long string.