Binary Star client in Python

from time import sleep
import zmq

REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 1000 # msecs
SETTLE_DELAY = 2000 # before failing over

def main():
server = ['tcp://localhost:5001', 'tcp://localhost:5002']
server_nbr = 0
ctx = zmq.Context()
client = ctx.socket(zmq.REQ)
client.connect(server[server_nbr])
poller = zmq.Poller()
poller.register(client, zmq.POLLIN)

sequence = 0
while True:
client.send("%s" % sequence)

expect_reply = True
while expect_reply:
socks = dict(poller.poll(REQUEST_TIMEOUT))
if socks.get(client) == zmq.POLLIN:
reply = client.recv()
if int(reply) == sequence:
print "I: server replied OK (%s)" % reply
expect_reply = False
sequence += 1
sleep(1)
else:
print "E: malformed reply from server: %s" % reply
else:
print "W: no response from server, failing over"
sleep(SETTLE_DELAY / 1000)
poller.unregister(client)
client.close()
server_nbr = (server_nbr + 1) % 2
print "I: connecting to server at %s.." % server[server_nbr]
client = ctx.socket(zmq.REQ)
poller.register(client, zmq.POLLIN)
# reconnect and resend request
client.connect(server[server_nbr])
client.send("%s" % sequence)

if __name__ == '__main__':
main()