Another attempt at working around the EOF issue

ironmq.go

@@ -74,14 +74,15 @@ func (c *Client) req(method, endpoint string, body []byte, data interface{}) err
 
 	const maxRetries = 5
 	tries := uint(0)
-	expectingEOF := false
+	eofCount := 0
 	var resp *http.Response
 	for tries < maxRetries {
 		resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
-		if expectingEOF && err == io.EOF {
-			continue
-		}
 		if err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF && eofCount < 3 {
+				eofCount++
+				continue
+			}
 			return err
 		}
 		// ELB sometimes returns this when load is increasing; we retry
@@ -93,9 +94,6 @@ func (c *Client) req(method, endpoint string, body []byte, data interface{}) err
 			delayMs := time.Duration(localRand.Int63n(pow))
 			time.Sleep(delayMs * time.Millisecond)
 			req.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(body))
-			// the next retry is expected to fail; issue between Go's
-			// core library and ELB
-			expectingEOF = true
 			continue
 		}
 		break