> > I'm not so much saying it's unlikely, but it's certainly > unnecessary. > > In my java client, for example, you could incr and decr with default > to start and move the counter. Then you could incr by 0 to get the > number *as* a number vs. a regular get that will get the number as > text. >
Ah actually this is a perfect suggestion on how to do this test case, thanks. > It's not an uncommon pattern to (add k "0") then (incr k) then (get > k) => "1" > Out of curiosity then, why is the values stored as a string? Is it just for historical reasons? space? Thanks! Jason
