$request, $arg, $size);
	}
	return $response;
    }
    return $response;
}


#
# Now the shortcuts...
#
sub get {
    require HTTP::Request::Common;
    my($self, @parameters) = @_;
    my @suff = $self->_process_colonic_headers(\@parameters,1);
    return $self->request( HTTP::Request::Common::GET( @parameters ), @suff );
}


sub post {
    require HTTP::Request::Common;
    my($self, @parameters) = @_;
    my @suff = $self->_process_colonic_headers(\@parameters, (ref($parameters[1]) ? 2 : 1));
    return $self->request( HTTP::Request::Common::POST( @parameters ), @suff );
}


sub head {
    require HTTP::Request::Common;
    my($self, @parameters) = @_;
    my @suff = $self->_process_colonic_headers(\@parameters,1);
    return $self->request( HTTP::Request::Common::HEAD( @parameters ), @suff );
}


sub _process_colonic_headers {
    # Process :content_cb / :content_file / :read_size_hint headers.
    my($self, $args, $start_index) = @_;

    my($arg, $size);
    for(my $i = $start_index; $i < @$args; $i += 2) {
	next unless defined $args->[$i];

	#printf "Considering %s => %s\n", $args->[$i], $args->[$i + 1];

	if($args->[$i] eq ':content_cb') {
	    # Some sanity-checking...
	    $arg = $args->[$i + 1];
	    Carp::croak("A :content_cb value can't be undef") unless defined $arg;
	    Carp::croak("A :content_cb value must be a coderef")
		unless ref $arg and UNIVERSAL::isa($arg, 'CODE');
	    
	}
	elsif ($args->[$i] eq ':content_file') {
	    $arg = $args->[$i + 1];

	    # Some sanity-checking...
	    Carp::croak("A :content_file value can't be undef")
		unless defined $arg;
	    Carp::croak("A :content_file value can't be a reference")
		if ref $arg;
	    Carp::croak("A :content_file value can't be \"\"")
		unless length $arg;

	}
	elsif ($args->[$i] eq ':read_size_hint') {
	    $size = $args->[$i + 1];
	    # Bother checking it?

	}
	else {
	    next;
	}
	splice @$args, $i, 2;
	$i -= 2;
    }

    # And return a suitable suffix-list for request(REQ,...)

    return             unless defined $arg;
    return $arg, $size if     defined $size;
    return $arg;
}

my @ANI = qw(- \ | /);

sub progress {
    my($self, $status, $m) = @_;
    return unless $self->{show_progress};
    if ($status eq "begin") {
        print STDERR "** ", $m->method, " ", $m->uri, " ==> ";
        $self->{progress_start} = time;
        $self->{progress_lastp} = "";
        $self->{progress_ani} = 0;
    }
    elsif ($status eq "end") {
        delete $self->{progress_lastp};
        delete $self->{progress_ani};
        print STDERR $m->status_line;
        my $t = time - delete $self->{progress_start};