[Python-checkins] Clarifying the documentation on library/syslog (GH-92587)
rhettinger
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b7ce4625fe2a8a4d6c1db6b39b52c7f97d384caa
commit: b7ce4625fe2a8a4d6c1db6b39b52c7f97d384caa
branch: main
author: Nicolas Haller <nicolas at haller.im>
committer: rhettinger <rhettinger at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-07-26T02:06:06-05:00
summary:
Clarifying the documentation on library/syslog (GH-92587)
files:
M Doc/library/syslog.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/syslog.rst b/Doc/library/syslog.rst
index d264a3340c98b..ce51856ab7be1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/syslog.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/syslog.rst
@@ -29,10 +29,15 @@ The module defines the following functions:
value given in the :func:`openlog` call is used.
If :func:`openlog` has not been called prior to the call to :func:`syslog`,
- ``openlog()`` will be called with no arguments.
+ :func:`openlog` will be called with no arguments.
.. audit-event:: syslog.syslog priority,message syslog.syslog
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.2
+ In previous versions, :func:`openlog` would not be called automatically if
+ it wasn't called prior to the call to :func:`syslog`, deferring to the syslog
+ implementation to call ``openlog()``.
+
.. function:: openlog([ident[, logoption[, facility]]])
@@ -51,8 +56,7 @@ The module defines the following functions:
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
In previous versions, keyword arguments were not allowed, and *ident* was
- required. The default for *ident* was dependent on the system libraries,
- and often was ``python`` instead of the name of the Python program file.
+ required.
.. function:: closelog()
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