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Clarify createClient in README as per #781 and other comments
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`client` will emit `idle` when there are no outstanding commands that are awaiting a response.
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## redis.createClient()
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If you have `redis-server` running on the same computer as node, then the defaults for
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port and host are probably fine and you don't need to supply any arguments. `createClient()` returns a `RedisClient` object.
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### overloading
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* redis.createClient() = redis.createClient(6379, '127.0.0.1', {})
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* redis.createClient(options) = redis.createClient(6379, '127.0.0.1', options)
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* redis.createClient(unix_socket, options)
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* redis.createClient(port, host, options)
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* `redis.createClient(port,host,options)`
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* `redis.createClient()` is equivalent to `redis.createClient(6379, '127.0.0.1', {})`
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* `redis.createClient(options)` is equivalent to `redis.createClient(6379, '127.0.0.1', options)`
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* `redis.createClient(unix_socket, options)`
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If you have `redis-server` running on the same computer as node, then the defaults for
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port and host are probably fine. `options` in an object with the following possible properties:
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`options` is an object with the following possible properties:
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* `parser`: which Redis protocol reply parser to use. Defaults to `hiredis` if that module is installed.
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This may also be set to `javascript`.
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client.end();
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`createClient()` returns a `RedisClient` object that is named `client` in all of the examples here.
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## client.auth(password, callback)

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