old_contents: # coding=utf-8
  
  """
  Write the collected stats to a locally stored log file. Rotate the log file
  every night and remove after 7 days.
  """
  
  from Handler import Handler
  import logging
  import logging.handlers
  
  
  class ArchiveHandler(Handler):
      """
      Implements the Handler abstract class, archiving data to a log file
      """
      def __init__(self, config):
          """
          Create a new instance of the ArchiveHandler class
          """
          # Initialize Handler
          Handler.__init__(self, config)
  
          # Create Archive Logger
          self.archive = logging.getLogger('archive')
          self.archive.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
          # Create Archive Log Formatter
          formatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
          # Create Archive Log Handler
          handler = logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler(
              self.config['log_file'],
              'midnight',
              1,
              backupCount=int(self.config['days']))
          handler.setFormatter(formatter)
          handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
          self.archive.addHandler(handler)
  
      def process(self, metric):
          """
          Send a Metric to the Archive.
          """
          # Archive Metric
          self.archive.info(str(metric).strip())
  
new_contents: # coding=utf-8
  
  """
  Write the collected stats to a locally stored log file. Rotate the log file
  every night and remove after 7 days.
  """
  
  from Handler import Handler
  import logging
  import logging.handlers
  
  
  class ArchiveHandler(Handler):
      """
      Implements the Handler abstract class, archiving data to a log file
      """
      def __init__(self, config):
          """
          Create a new instance of the ArchiveHandler class
          """
          # Initialize Handler
          Handler.__init__(self, config)
  
          # Create Archive Logger
          self.archive = logging.getLogger('archive')
          self.archive.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
          # Create Archive Log Formatter
          formatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
          # Create Archive Log Handler
          handler = logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler(
              filename=self.config['log_file'],
              when='midnight',
              interval=1,
              backupCount=int(self.config.get('days', 7)),
              encoding=self.config.get('encoding', None)
              )
          handler.setFormatter(formatter)
          handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
          self.archive.addHandler(handler)
  
      def process(self, metric):
          """
          Send a Metric to the Archive.
          """
          # Archive Metric
          self.archive.info(str(metric).strip())
  
subject: Support setting an encoding for the archive handler. This allows you to write a bz2 compressed archive log file