:sig
function memcache_connect(host : string = "127.0.0.1", port : s32 = 11211) u64

:params
host : the server host name
port : the server port

:returns
a connection handle, or zero on failure

:content
`memcache_connect()` opens a connection to a Memcache server.

Do not pass a zero handle to another Memcache function.

The key operations normalize whitespace to underscores. This normalization is transparent. The keys `"a b"` and `"a_b"` address the same entry.

:example capy render
var connection := memcache_connect()
if connection { print("connected\n") } else { print("not connected\n") }

:see-group
memcache
