--[[
  Function to check for the meta.paused key to decide if we are paused or not
  (since an empty list and !EXISTS are not really the same).
]]

local function getTargetQueueList(queueMetaKey, activeKey, waitKey, pausedKey)
  local queueAttributes = rcall("HMGET", queueMetaKey, "paused", "concurrency", "max", "duration")

  if queueAttributes[1] then
    return pausedKey, true, queueAttributes[3], queueAttributes[4]
  else
    if queueAttributes[2] then
      local activeCount = rcall("LLEN", activeKey)
      if activeCount >= tonumber(queueAttributes[2]) then
        return waitKey, true, queueAttributes[3], queueAttributes[4]
      else
        return waitKey, false, queueAttributes[3], queueAttributes[4]
      end
    end
  end
  return waitKey, false, queueAttributes[3], queueAttributes[4]
end