code: def send_to_graphite(self, metric, value, timestamp=None):
          
          # Manage Graphite part
          if not self.statsd_enabled or not self.carbon:
              return
  
          if timestamp is None:
              timestamp = int(time.time())
  
          self.my_metrics.append(('.'.join([self.statsd_prefix, self.name, metric]),
                                  (timestamp, value)))
          if self.metrics_count >= self.metrics_flush_count:
              self.carbon.add_data_list(self.my_metrics)
              self.flush()
docs: Inner store a new metric and flush to Graphite if the flush threshold is reached.
  
          If no timestamp is provided, get the current time for the metric timestam.
  
          :param metric: metric name in dotted format
          :type metric: str
          :param value:
          :type value: float
          :param timestamp: metric timestamp
          :type timestamp: int