Changes to use default argument values where possible
diff --git a/Lib/gopherlib.py b/Lib/gopherlib.py
index 71413ba..7550d5c 100644
--- a/Lib/gopherlib.py
+++ b/Lib/gopherlib.py
@@ -54,14 +54,10 @@
TAB = '\t'
# Send a selector to a given host and port, return a file with the reply
-def send_selector(selector, host, *args):
+def send_selector(selector, host, port = 0):
import socket
import string
- if args:
- if args[1:]: raise TypeError, 'too many args'
- port = args[0]
- else:
- port = None
+ if not port:
i = string.find(host, ':')
if i >= 0:
host, port = host[:i], string.atoi(host[i+1:])
@@ -76,8 +72,8 @@
return s.makefile('r')
# Send a selector and a query string
-def send_query(selector, query, host, *args):
- return apply(send_selector, (selector + '\t' + query, host) + args)
+def send_query(selector, query, host, port = 0):
+ return send_selector(selector + '\t' + query, host, port)
# The following functions interpret the data returned by the gopher
# server according to the expected type, e.g. textfile or directory