# File lib/net/http.rb, line 1033
    def request(req, body = nil, &block)  # :yield: +response+
      unless started?
        start {
          req['connection'] ||= 'close'
          return request(req, body, &block)
        }
      end
      if proxy_user()
        unless use_ssl?
          req.proxy_basic_auth proxy_user(), proxy_pass()
        end
      end

      req.set_body_internal body
      begin_transport req
        req.exec @socket, @curr_http_version, edit_path(req.path)
        begin
          res = HTTPResponse.read_new(@socket)
        end while res.kind_of?(HTTPContinue)
        res.reading_body(@socket, req.response_body_permitted?) {
          yield res if block_given?
        }
      end_transport req, res

      res
    end