Issue #7077: logging: SysLogHandler now treats Unicode as per RFC 5424.
diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index bdf82af..d752063 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
import codecs
except ImportError:
codecs = None
+try:
+ unicode
+ _unicode = True
+except NameError:
+ _unicode = False
#
# Some constants...
@@ -779,6 +784,11 @@
self.encodePriority(self.facility,
self.mapPriority(record.levelname)),
msg)
+ # Treat unicode messages as required by RFC 5424
+ if _unicode and type(msg) is unicode:
+ msg = msg.encode('utf-8')
+ if codecs:
+ msg = codecs.BOM_UTF8 + msg
try:
if self.unixsocket:
try: