Returns `(ip_address, port)` from string `ip_addr_port`

def validip(ip, defaultaddr="0.0.0.0", defaultport=8080):
    """Returns `(ip_address, port)` from string `ip_addr_port`"""
    addr = defaultaddr
    port = defaultport
    
    ip = ip.split(":", 1)
    if len(ip) == 1:
        if not ip[0]:
            pass
        elif validipaddr(ip[0]):
            addr = ip[0]
        elif validipport(ip[0]):
            port = int(ip[0])
        else:
            raise ValueError, ':'.join(ip) + ' is not a valid IP address/port'
    elif len(ip) == 2:
        addr, port = ip
        if not validipaddr(addr) and validipport(port):
            raise ValueError, ':'.join(ip) + ' is not a valid IP address/port'
        port = int(port)
    else:
        raise ValueError, ':'.join(ip) + ' is not a valid IP address/port'
    return (addr, port)