Revert a change I accidentally checked in together with Ping's
"smallest patch ever".
diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index 3d3164e..27a9e01 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -332,10 +332,7 @@
         if port is None:
             i = host.find(':')
             if i >= 0:
-                try:
-                    port = int(host[i+1:])
-                except ValueError, msg:
-                    raise socket.error, str(msg)
+                port = int(host[i+1:])
                 host = host[:i]
             else:
                 port = self.default_port