code: def emit(self, record):
  		
  		msg = self.format(record) + '\000'
  		"""
  		We need to convert record level to lowercase, maybe this will
  		change in the future.
  		"""
  		prio = '<%d>' % self.encodePriority(self.facility,
  					self.mapPriority(record.levelname))
  		prio = prio.encode('utf-8')
  		# Message is a string. Convert to bytes as required by RFC 5424.
  		msg = msg.encode('utf-8')
  		if codecs:
  			msg = codecs.BOM_UTF8 + msg
  		msg = prio + msg
  		try:
  			if self.unixsocket:
  				try:
  					self.socket.send(msg)
  				except socket.error:
  					self._connect_unixsocket(self.address)
  					self.socket.send(msg)
  			elif self.socktype == socket.SOCK_DGRAM:
  				self.socket.sendto(msg, self.address)
  			else:
  				self.socket.sendall(msg)
  		except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
  			raise
  		except:
  			self.handleError(record)
docs: Emit a record.
  		
  		The record is formatted, and then sent to the syslog server.  If
  		exception information is present, it is NOT sent to the server.