From d84158f627e99ec8bf409ac14bb9d061c591d196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christine Dodrill <xena@yolo-swag.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 07:51:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] use exceptions

---
 src/safe-redis-cli/saferediscli.nim | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/safe-redis-cli/saferediscli.nim b/src/safe-redis-cli/saferediscli.nim
index 6ebd9bd..2f54092 100644
--- a/src/safe-redis-cli/saferediscli.nim
+++ b/src/safe-redis-cli/saferediscli.nim
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ if admin:
 echo "hostname: ", hostname
 echo "port:     ", optPort
 
-var conn = redis.open(hostname, optPort.Port)
+var conn: redis.Redis
+
+try:
+  conn = redis.open(hostname, optPort.Port)
+
+except:
+  echo "Could not connect to redis: " & getCurrentExceptionMsg()
+  quit()
 
 conn.quit()