def connect(self, host='localhost', port = 0):
        """Connect to a host on a given port.

        If the hostname ends with a colon (`:') followed by a number, and
        there is no port specified, that suffix will be stripped off and the
        number interpreted as the port number to use.

        Note: This method is automatically invoked by __init__, if a host is
        specified during instantiation.

        """
        if not port and (host.find(':') == host.rfind(':')):
            i = host.rfind(':')
            if i >= 0:
                host, port = host[:i], host[i+1:]
                try: port = int(port)
                except __HOLE__:
                    raise socket.error, "nonnumeric port"
        if not port: port = self.default_port
        if self.debuglevel > 0: print>>stderr, 'connect:', (host, port)
        self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
        (code, msg) = self.getreply()
        if self.debuglevel > 0: print>>stderr, "connect:", msg
        return (code, msg)
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