class HTTP::Options

def initialize(options = {})
  defaults = {
    :response =>         :auto,
    :proxy =>            {},
    :timeout_class =>    self.class.default_timeout_class,
    :timeout_options =>  {},
    :socket_class =>     self.class.default_socket_class,
    :ssl_socket_class => self.class.default_ssl_socket_class,
    :ssl =>              {},
    :cache =>            self.class.default_cache,
    :keep_alive_timeout  => 5,
    :headers =>          {},
    :cookies =>          {}
  }
  opts_w_defaults = defaults.merge(options)
  opts_w_defaults[:headers] = HTTP::Headers.coerce(opts_w_defaults[:headers])
  opts_w_defaults.each { |(k, v)| self[k] = v }
end