title: Python-redis get() returns byte objects despite setting StrictRedis.decode_responses=True
body: <pre><code> r = redis.StrictRedis(host=shard['host'], port=shard['port'], charset='utf-8', decode_responses=True)
   pipe = r.pipeline()
   for key in keys:
       pipe.lrange(key, 0, -1)
   olists = pipe.execute()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This fetches byte objects instead of strings despite setting the charset and decode_responses=True.</p>