[Python-Dev] Bug? syslog.openlog using ident "python" by default.

[Eric Smith]

Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> If you call:
> 
>    from syslog import syslog, openlog
>    syslog('My error message')
> 
> Something like the following gets logged:
> 
>    Mar 18 05:20:22 guin python: My error message
>                         ^^^^^^
> 
> Where I'm annoyed by the "python" in the above.  This is pulled from
> the C argv[0].  IMHO, what we really want is the Python sys.argv[0].

I agree with this. The existing behavior is very annoying. I don't have 
any particular thoughts about the implementation.

Eric.