This version of Job.destroy just uses LREM in the case that arguments are passed. In this case, the whole queue does not need to be passed to the client via LRANGE.

Author: agibralter

lib/resque/job.rb

@@ -80,15 +80,14 @@ def self.destroy(queue, klass, *args)
       queue = "queue:#{queue}"
       destroyed = 0
 
-      redis.lrange(queue, 0, -1).each do |string|
-        json   = decode(string)
-
-        match  = json['class'] == klass
-        match &= json['args'] == args unless args.empty?
-
-        if match
-          destroyed += redis.lrem(queue, 0, string).to_i
+      if args.empty?
+        redis.lrange(queue, 0, -1).each do |string|
+          if decode(string)['class'] == klass
+            destroyed += redis.lrem(queue, 0, string).to_i
+          end
         end
+      else
+        destroyed += redis.lrem(queue, 0, encode(:class => klass, :args => args))
       end
 
       destroyed