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use Bio::Das::Request;
use MIME::Base64;  # For HTTP authenication encoding
use Carp 'croak';
use vars '$VERSION';

$VERSION = '1.11';
my $ERROR = '';   # for errors that occur before we create the object

use constant READ_UNIT => 1024 * 5;  # 5K read units

=item $fetcher = Bio::Das::HTTP::Request->new(@args)

Create a new fetcher object.  At the time the object is created, it
will attempt to establish a non-blocking connection with the remote
server.  This means that the call to new() may be returned before the
connection is established.

Arguments are as follows:

  Name         Description
  ----         -----------