[issue17981] SysLogHandler closes connection before using it

[Vinay Sajip]

Vinay Sajip added the comment:

> The old socket's destructor closes the fd of the new socket.

Aha! Nice one. But what's the correct fix? I suppose a

self.sock = None

before every self.sock = socket.socket call would fix seem this, and while I can certainly make this change in SysLogHandler, isn't this a more general problem?

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