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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def redis(self):
 """Return instance of Redis."""

        if self._redis is None:
            self._redis = redis.StrictRedis(host=self.args.redis_host, port=self.args.redis_port)
        return self._redis