Lua script for redis to turn a dictionary table into a bulk reply

gistfile1.lua

-- turns a dictionary table into a bulk reply table
local dict2bulk = function (dict)
  local result = {}
	for k, v in pairs(dict) do
		table.insert(result, k)
		table.insert(result, v)
	end
	return result
end

-- example
local mytable = { foo='bar', baz='asdf' }
mytable['abc'] = 'def'

-- turn that table into a bulk reply
return dict2bulk(mytable)