Issue #7086: Added TCP support to SysLogHandler and tidied up some anachronisms in the code.
diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index 8af9e0f..033fecd 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 
 __author__  = "Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@red-dove.com>"
 __status__  = "production"
-__version__ = "0.5.0.7"
-__date__    = "20 January 2009"
+__version__ = "0.5.0.9"
+__date__    = "09 October 2009"
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #   Miscellaneous module data
diff --git a/Lib/logging/config.py b/Lib/logging/config.py
index 07574d3..d5b82b7 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/config.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/config.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 is based on PEP 282 and comments thereto in comp.lang.python, and influenced
 by Apache's log4j system.
 
-Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
 
 To use, simply 'import logging' and log away!
 """
diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index 31352ad..2d71470 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2001-2007 by Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 2001-2009 by Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
 # documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 DEFAULT_HTTP_LOGGING_PORT   = 9022
 DEFAULT_SOAP_LOGGING_PORT   = 9023
 SYSLOG_UDP_PORT             = 514
+SYSLOG_TCP_PORT             = 514
 
 _MIDNIGHT = 24 * 60 * 60  # number of seconds in a day
 
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@
     If backupCount is > 0, when rollover is done, no more than backupCount
     files are kept - the oldest ones are deleted.
     """
-    def __init__(self, filename, when='h', interval=1, backupCount=0, encoding=None, delay=0, utc=False):
+    def __init__(self, filename, when='h', interval=1, backupCount=0, encoding=None, delay=False, utc=False):
         BaseRotatingHandler.__init__(self, filename, 'a', encoding, delay)
         self.when = when.upper()
         self.backupCount = backupCount
@@ -690,7 +691,8 @@
         "CRITICAL" : "critical"
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, address=('localhost', SYSLOG_UDP_PORT), facility=LOG_USER):
+    def __init__(self, address=('localhost', SYSLOG_UDP_PORT),
+                 facility=LOG_USER, socktype=socket.SOCK_DGRAM):
         """
         Initialize a handler.
 
@@ -702,13 +704,16 @@
 
         self.address = address
         self.facility = facility
+        self.socktype = socktype
+
         if isinstance(address, str):
             self.unixsocket = 1
             self._connect_unixsocket(address)
         else:
             self.unixsocket = 0
-            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
-
+            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socktype)
+            if socktype == socket.SOCK_STREAM:
+                self.socket.connect(address)
         self.formatter = None
 
     def _connect_unixsocket(self, address):
@@ -781,8 +786,10 @@
                 except socket.error:
                     self._connect_unixsocket(self.address)
                     self.socket.send(msg)
-            else:
+            elif self.socktype == socket.SOCK_DGRAM:
                 self.socket.sendto(msg, self.address)
+            else:
+                self.socket.sendall(msg)
         except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
             raise
         except: