text: import string
  from redis.commands.helpers import (
      delist,
      list_or_args,
      nativestr,
      parse_to_list,
      quote_string,
      random_string,
      parse_to_dict
  )
  
  
  def test_list_or_args():
      k = ["hello, world"]
      a = ["some", "argument", "list"]
      assert list_or_args(k, a) == k+a
  
      for i in ["banana", b"banana"]:
          assert list_or_args(i, a) == [i] + a
  
  
  def test_parse_to_list():
      assert parse_to_list(None) == []
      r = ["hello", b"my name", "45", "555.55", "is simon!", None]
      assert parse_to_list(r) == \
          ["hello", "my name", 45, 555.55, "is simon!", None]
  
  
  def test_parse_to_dict():
      assert parse_to_dict(None) == {}
      r = [['Some number', '1.0345'],
           ['Some string', 'hello'],
           ['Child iterators',
            ['Time', '0.2089', 'Counter', 3, 'Child iterators',
             ['Type', 'bar', 'Time', '0.0729', 'Counter', 3],
             ['Type', 'barbar', 'Time', '0.058', 'Counter', 3]]]]
      assert parse_to_dict(r) == {
          'Child iterators': {
              'Child iterators': [
                  {'Counter': 3.0, 'Time': 0.0729, 'Type': 'bar'},
                  {'Counter': 3.0, 'Time': 0.058, 'Type': 'barbar'}
              ],
              'Counter': 3.0,
              'Time': 0.2089
          },
          'Some number': 1.0345,
          'Some string': 'hello'
      }
  
  
  def test_nativestr():
      assert nativestr('teststr') == 'teststr'
      assert nativestr(b'teststr') == 'teststr'
      assert nativestr('null') is None
  
  
  def test_delist():
      assert delist(None) is None
      assert delist([b'hello', 'world', b'banana']) == \
          ['hello', 'world', 'banana']
  
  
  def test_random_string():
      assert len(random_string()) == 10
      assert len(random_string(15)) == 15
      for a in random_string():
          assert a in string.ascii_lowercase
  
  
  def test_quote_string():
      assert quote_string("hello world!") == '"hello world!"'
      assert quote_string('') == '""'
      assert quote_string('hello world!') == '"hello world!"'
  