From 16cfcc7fced84d2b53edf95af1c40b230b30fc3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adiamzn <92513900+adiamzn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 13:14:49 +0300
Subject: Add warning when hiredis not installed. Recommend installation.
 (#1621)

---
 redis/connection.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/redis/connection.py b/redis/connection.py
index c2fb84f..c99c550 100755
--- a/redis/connection.py
+++ b/redis/connection.py
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ if HIREDIS_AVAILABLE:
     # only use byte buffer if hiredis supports it
     if not HIREDIS_SUPPORTS_BYTE_BUFFER:
         HIREDIS_USE_BYTE_BUFFER = False
+else:
+    msg = "redis-py works best with hiredis. Please consider installing"
+    warnings.warn(msg)
 
 SYM_STAR = b'*'
 SYM_DOLLAR = b'$'
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