title: syslog.syslog vs SysLogHandler
body: <p>I'm looking at how to log to syslog from within my Python app, and I found there are two ways of doing it:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Using <a href="http://docs.python.org/2/library/syslog.html" rel="noreferrer">syslog.syslog()</a> routines</li>
  <li>Using the logger module <a href="http://docs.python.org/2/library/logging.handlers.html#logging.handlers.SysLogHandler" rel="noreferrer">SysLogHandler</a></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Which is the best option to use, advantages/disadvantages of each one, etc, because I really don't know which one should I use.</p>