How to LPOP multiple items from a Redis LIST in Python

redis_mlpop.py

# function to return multiple items (n) from a redis list (q) in an atomic manner
# as seen in: http://redis.io/commands/lpop#comment-431677622
def multi_pop(r, q, n):
  p = r.pipeline()
  p.multi()
  p.lrange(q, 0, n - 1)
  p.ltrim(q, n, -1)
  return p.execute()

thanks