HTTP_Request suggestion

what do you think of passing a Net_URL object optionally to the HTTP_Request class, instead of the URL itself? So that HTTP_Request doesnt have to create an object itself in case it gets an Net_URL object passed? so instead of this, as it is now

    function HTTP_Request($url, $params = array())
    {
        $this->_url    =& new Net_URL($url);
        $this->_sock   =& new Net_Socket();

we could maybe have this:

    function HTTP_Request(&$url, $params = array())
    {

if( get_class($url) == 'Net_URL' )

	    $this->_url    = $url;

else

            $this->_url    =& new Net_URL($url);
        $this->_sock   =& new Net_Socket();

i know this would make it impossible to use something like:

    new HTTP_Request('pear.php.net');

since the parameter would have to be a reference ... ZE2 should solve this, i think. so we wouldnt need the reference anymore, right? maybe _not_ as a refernce is better, since HTTP_Request changes the data! -- Wolfram ... translating template engine .... http://sf.net/projects/simpletpl ... authentication system .... http://sf.net/projects/auth