Method makeSocket

Lib/logging/handlers.py:581–596

A factory method which allows subclasses to define the precise type of socket they want.

(self, timeout=1)

        self.retryFactor = 2.0

    def makeSocket(self, timeout=1):
        """
        A factory method which allows subclasses to define the precise
        type of socket they want.
        """
        if self.port is not None:
            result = socket.create_connection(self.address, timeout=timeout)
        else:
            result = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
            result.settimeout(timeout)
            try:
                result.connect(self.address)
            except OSError:
                result.close()  # Issue 19182
                raise
        return result

    def createSocket(self):
        """