static void test_blocking_connection(struct config config) {
    redisContext *c;
    redisReply *reply;
    int major;

    c = do_connect(config);

    test("Is able to deliver commands: ");
    reply = redisCommand(c,"PING");
    test_cond(reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_STATUS &&
        strcasecmp(reply->str,"pong") == 0)
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    test("Is a able to send commands verbatim: ");
    reply = redisCommand(c,"SET foo bar");
    test_cond (reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_STATUS &&
        strcasecmp(reply->str,"ok") == 0)
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    test("%%s String interpolation works: ");
    reply = redisCommand(c,"SET %s %s","foo","hello world");
    freeReplyObject(reply);
    reply = redisCommand(c,"GET foo");
    test_cond(reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_STRING &&
        strcmp(reply->str,"hello world") == 0);
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    test("%%b String interpolation works: ");
    reply = redisCommand(c,"SET %b %b","foo",(size_t)3,"hello\x00world",(size_t)11);
    freeReplyObject(reply);
    reply = redisCommand(c,"GET foo");
    test_cond(reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_STRING &&
        memcmp(reply->str,"hello\x00world",11) == 0)

    test("Binary reply length is correct: ");
    test_cond(reply->len == 11)
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    test("Can parse nil replies: ");
    reply = redisCommand(c,"GET nokey");
    test_cond(reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_NIL)
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    /* test 7 */
    test("Can parse integer replies: ");
    reply = redisCommand(c,"INCR mycounter");
    test_cond(reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_INTEGER && reply->integer == 1)
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    test("Can parse multi bulk replies: ");
    freeReplyObject(redisCommand(c,"LPUSH mylist foo"));
    freeReplyObject(redisCommand(c,"LPUSH mylist bar"));
    reply = redisCommand(c,"LRANGE mylist 0 -1");
    test_cond(reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_ARRAY &&
              reply->elements == 2 &&
              !memcmp(reply->element[0]->str,"bar",3) &&
              !memcmp(reply->element[1]->str,"foo",3))
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    /* m/e with multi bulk reply *before* other reply.
     * specifically test ordering of reply items to parse. */
    test("Can handle nested multi bulk replies: ");
    freeReplyObject(redisCommand(c,"MULTI"));
    freeReplyObject(redisCommand(c,"LRANGE mylist 0 -1"));
    freeReplyObject(redisCommand(c,"PING"));
    reply = (redisCommand(c,"EXEC"));
    test_cond(reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_ARRAY &&
              reply->elements == 2 &&
              reply->element[0]->type == REDIS_REPLY_ARRAY &&
              reply->element[0]->elements == 2 &&
              !memcmp(reply->element[0]->element[0]->str,"bar",3) &&
              !memcmp(reply->element[0]->element[1]->str,"foo",3) &&
              reply->element[1]->type == REDIS_REPLY_STATUS &&
              strcasecmp(reply->element[1]->str,"pong") == 0);
    freeReplyObject(reply);

    /* Make sure passing NULL to redisGetReply is safe */
    test("Can pass NULL to redisGetReply: ");
    assert(redisAppendCommand(c, "PING") == REDIS_OK);
    test_cond(redisGetReply(c, NULL) == REDIS_OK);

    get_redis_version(c, &major, NULL);
    if (major >= 6) test_resp3_push_handler(c);
    test_resp3_push_options(config);

    test_privdata_hooks(config);

    disconnect(c, 0);
}