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 =>          {}}
  opts_w_defaults = defaults.merge(options)
  opts_w_defaults[:headers] = HTTP::Headers.coerce(opts_w_defaults[:headers])
  opts_w_defaults.each do |(opt_name, opt_val)|
    self[opt_name] = opt_val
  end
end