diff --git a/Lib/aifc.py b/Lib/aifc.py
index e45792e..8c04ea3 100644
--- a/Lib/aifc.py
+++ b/Lib/aifc.py
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@
 		self._nframes = 0
 		self._nframeswritten = 0
 		self._datawritten = 0
+		self._datalength = 0
 		self._markers = []
 		self._marklength = 0
 		self._aifc = 1		# AIFF-C is default
@@ -743,19 +744,7 @@
 		return self._markers
 				
 	def writeframesraw(self, data):
-		if not self._nframeswritten:
-			if self._comptype in ('ULAW', 'ALAW'):
-				if not self._sampwidth:
-					self._sampwidth = AL.SAMPLE_16
-				if self._sampwidth != AL.SAMPLE_16:
-					raise Error, 'sample width must be 2 when compressing with ULAW or ALAW'
-			if not self._nchannels:
-				raise Error, '# channels not specified'
-			if not self._sampwidth:
-				raise Error, 'sample width not specified'
-			if not self._framerate:
-				raise Error, 'sampling rate not specified'
-			self._write_header(len(data))
+		self._ensure_header_written(len(data))
 		nframes = len(data) / (self._sampwidth * self._nchannels)
 		if self._comp:
 			dummy = self._comp.SetParam(CL.FRAME_BUFFER_SIZE, \
@@ -774,6 +763,7 @@
 			self._patchheader()
 
 	def close(self):
+		self._ensure_header_written(0)
 		if self._datawritten & 1:
 			# quick pad to even size
 			self._file.write(chr(0))
@@ -792,6 +782,21 @@
 	#
 	# Internal methods.
 	#
+	def _ensure_header_written(self, datasize):
+		if not self._nframeswritten:
+			if self._comptype in ('ULAW', 'ALAW'):
+				if not self._sampwidth:
+					self._sampwidth = AL.SAMPLE_16
+				if self._sampwidth != AL.SAMPLE_16:
+					raise Error, 'sample width must be 2 when compressing with ULAW or ALAW'
+			if not self._nchannels:
+				raise Error, '# channels not specified'
+			if not self._sampwidth:
+				raise Error, 'sample width not specified'
+			if not self._framerate:
+				raise Error, 'sampling rate not specified'
+			self._write_header(datasize)
+
 	def _write_header(self, initlength):
 		if self._aifc and self._comptype != 'NONE':
 			try:
diff --git a/Lib/calendar.py b/Lib/calendar.py
index a2bd398..160b8ba 100644
--- a/Lib/calendar.py
+++ b/Lib/calendar.py
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@
 # - the order of the elements of a 'struct tm' differs, to ease sorting
 # - months numbers are 1-12, not 0-11; month arrays have a dummy element 0
 # - Monday is the first day of the week (numbered 0)
+# - years are expressed in full, e.g. 1970, not 70.
+# - timezone is currently hardcoded
+# - doesn't know about daylight saving time
 
 # These are really parameters of the 'time' module:
 epoch = 1970		# Time began on January 1 of this year (00:00:00 UTC)
 day_0 = 3		# The epoch begins on a Thursday (Monday = 0)
 
+# Localization: Minutes West from Greenwich
+timezone = -2*60	# Middle-European time with DST on
+# timezone = 5*60  	# EST (sigh -- THINK time() doesn't return UTC)
+
 # Return 1 for leap years, 0 for non-leap years
 def isleap(year):
 	return year % 4 == 0 and (year % 100 <> 0 or year % 400 == 0)
@@ -97,10 +104,6 @@
 	s = s + ' ' + dd(`hours`) + ':' + dd(`mins`) + ':' + dd(`secs`)
 	return s + ' ' + `year`
 
-# Localization: Minutes West from Greenwich
-timezone = -2*60	# Middle-European time with DST on
-# timezone = 5*60  	# EST (sigh -- THINK time() doesn't return UTC)
-
 # Local time ignores DST issues for now -- adjust 'timezone' to fake it
 def localtime(secs):
 	return gmtime(secs - timezone*60)
diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py
index c886f82..e846ffe 100644
--- a/Lib/ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/ftplib.py
@@ -68,16 +68,31 @@
 # The class itself
 class FTP:
 
-	# Initialize an instance.  Arguments:
-	# - host: hostname to connect to
-	# - port: port to connect to (default the standard FTP port)
-	def init(self, host, *args):
-		if len(args) > 1: raise TypeError, 'too many args'
-		if args: port = args[0]
-		else: port = FTP_PORT
-		self.host = host
-		self.port = port
+	# New initialization method (called by class instantiation)
+	# Initialize host to localhost, port to standard ftp port
+	def __init__(self, *args):
+		# Initialize the instance to something mostly harmless
 		self.debugging = 0
+		self.host = ''
+		self.port = FTP_PORT
+		self.sock = None
+		self.file = None
+		self.welcome = None
+		if args:
+			apply(self.connect, args)
+
+	# Old init method (explicitly called by caller)
+	def init(self, *args):
+		if args:
+			apply(self.connect, args)
+
+	# Connect to host.  Arguments:
+	# - host: hostname to connect to (default previous host)
+	# - port: port to connect to (default previous port)
+	def init(self, *args):
+		if args: self.host = args[0]
+		if args[1:]: self.port = args[1]
+		if args[2:]: raise TypeError, 'too many args'
 		self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
 		self.sock.connect(self.host, self.port)
 		self.file = self.sock.makefile('r')