Collection Names / Name Space

[andrewreedy]

For Redis collections, why not namespace the keys using a collection name such as:

PostStatus = new Meteor.RedisCollection("post-status");
PostStatus.set("12341234", "processing");

This key would actually be "post-status:12341234" in redis

[Slava]

Although we had this idea, we decided that it is confusing if you are using redis in other parts of your infrastructure.

This question is open to a discussion though :)

[andrewreedy]

Fair enough :) it could be optional like you can just use 'redis' for regular or a name to namespace it. But I see how that could be confusing.

[richburdon]

I'm new to Meteor (currently evaluating it, and would prefer to use Redis), but on the topic of namespaces, why isn't the API as follows?

var redisCollection = new Redis.Collection("redis");