Use unicode and add a "test" for syslog
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syslog.py b/Lib/test/test_syslog.py
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+++ b/Lib/test/test_syslog.py
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+
+import syslog
+import unittest
+from test import test_support
+
+# XXX(nnorwitz): This test sucks.  I don't know of a platform independent way
+# to verify that the messages were really logged.
+# The only purpose of this test is to verify the code doesn't crash or leak.
+
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_openlog(self):
+        syslog.openlog('python')
+
+    def test_syslog(self):
+        syslog.openlog('python')
+        syslog.syslog('test message from python test_syslog')
+        syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR, 'test error from python test_syslog')
+
+    def test_closelog(self):
+        syslog.openlog('python')
+        syslog.closelog()
+
+    def test_setlogmask(self):
+        syslog.setlogmask(syslog.LOG_DEBUG)
+
+    def test_log_mask(self):
+        syslog.LOG_MASK(syslog.LOG_INFO)
+
+    def test_log_upto(self):
+        syslog.LOG_UPTO(syslog.LOG_INFO)
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(__name__)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()