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>     Here are the ange-ftp syntaxes:
> 
> 	 /HOST:FILENAME
> 	 /USER@HOST:FILENAME
> 	 /USER@HOST#PORT:FILENAME
> 
>     It would actually be quite natural to put the tramp method where the
>     ange-ftp port is (after all the method is sort of a `port'), and it
>     should be unambiguous if the ange-ftp port is always a number and the
>     tramp method always a string [from a limited set].
> 
> I like that idea.


But ssh can also connect at a different (numeric) port (and it is often
useful). Where are you going to put this port?

Granted tramp doesn't currently support ssh connections to ports other
than the default, but if and when it will then we will be at it again,
deciding on a new syntax.