Closes #14452: remove BOM insertion code.

vsajip · vsajip · commit ee9e485c214b · 2012-04-16T14:39:53.000+01:00
diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -808,8 +808,6 @@ def emit(self, record):
         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:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #14452: SysLogHandler no longer inserts a UTF-8 BOM into the message.
+
 - Issue #13496: Fix potential overflow in bisect.bisect algorithm when applied
   to a collection of size > sys.maxsize / 2.
 
