[New-bugs-announce] [issue35590] logging.handlers.SysLogHandler with STREAM connects in constructor without timeout

[jso2460]

New submission from jso2460 <python at icebolt.info>:

logging.handlers.SysLogHandler in __init__ contains the following code, where socket is created and then connected right away. This seem to provide no way to specify a connection timeout for the socket being created.

sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
if socktype == socket.SOCK_STREAM:
    sock.connect(sa)

I believe to add an argument to specify the optional timeout would be appreciated, i.e., optionally calling sock.settimeout(..), something like:

sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
if timeout:
    sock.settimeout(timeout)
if socktype == socket.SOCK_STREAM:
    sock.connect(sa)

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messages: 332536
nosy: jso2460
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: logging.handlers.SysLogHandler with STREAM connects in constructor without timeout
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8

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