I've created a patch for the Python syslog module which:

• Makes openlog arguments keyword args.
• Makes openlog ident argument optional.
• If ident is not passed to ident, basename(sys.argv[0]) is used.
• The first call to syslog.syslog() calls ident() with no options (if it hasn't previously been called).
• Variously related documentation changes.

The patch is in the issue tracker as Issue 8451. If anyone out there has the inclination to review it, I'd appreciate it.

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