Index: Lib/telnetlib.py
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--- Lib/telnetlib.py	(revision 87228)
+++ Lib/telnetlib.py	(working copy)
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
         """
         self.debuglevel = DEBUGLEVEL
         self.host = host
-        self.port = port
+        self.port = int(port)
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.sock = None
         self.rawq = b''