work-in-progress commit for custom redis connections
simplifying file structure and changing imports
updating default connection handler
fixing cookie_on_exception handling/docs
reconciling prior use of excessive copy and paste
fixing broken cookie_on_exception tests
fixing broken cookie_on_exception tests
test coverage for connection module
apprehending fugitive character
make encode and decode configurable
use asbool for parsing ini boolean settings
multiple doc updates and minor refactors
fix gitignore for docs
more renaming and docs
cleaning up imports
cleaning up imports (again)
cleaning up imports (again)
adding test and always casting timeout as int
minor docstring and comment fixes
minor comment fixes