From 9c17ce2d9334bac1743c1ab18277b3397b4621e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Mihailenco <vladimir.webdev@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 11:56:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve rate limited error message.

---
 pool.go | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pool.go b/pool.go
index bca4d196..ffedb3d5 100644
--- a/pool.go
+++ b/pool.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package redis
 import (
 	"container/list"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
@@ -12,8 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	errClosed      = errors.New("redis: client is closed")
-	errRateLimited = errors.New("redis: you open connections too fast")
+	errClosed = errors.New("redis: client is closed")
 )
 
 var (
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ type connPool struct {
 
 	idleNum int
 	closed  bool
+
+	lastDialErr error
 }
 
 func newConnPool(dial func() (*conn, error), opt *options) *connPool {
@@ -116,9 +118,17 @@ func newConnPool(dial func() (*conn, error), opt *options) *connPool {
 
 func (p *connPool) new() (*conn, error) {
 	if !p.rl.Check() {
-		return nil, errRateLimited
+		err := fmt.Errorf(
+			"redis: you open connections too fast (last error: %s)",
+			p.lastDialErr,
+		)
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return p.dial()
+	cn, err := p.dial()
+	if err != nil {
+		p.lastDialErr = err
+	}
+	return cn, err
 }
 
 func (p *connPool) Get() (*conn, bool, error) {