def connect(self, host=None, port=None):

        if host is not None:
            self._conn._set_hostport(host, port)
        self._conn.connect()
Accept arguments to set the host/port, since the superclass doesn't.
dataset/ETHPy150Open deanhiller/databus/webapp/play1.3.x/python/Lib/httplib.py/HTTP.connect