// graceful close, even if there was some unparse-able
			// data before the close.
			sc.re = ErrPersistEOF
			return nil, sc.re
		} else {
			sc.re = err
			return req, err
		}
	}
	sc.lastbody = req.Body
	sc.nread++
	if req.Close {
		sc.re = ErrPersistEOF
		return req, sc.re
	}
	return req, err
}

// Pending returns the number of unanswered requests