What's the "most correctest" way to open, use/call, and close the Sys::Syslog library in one's OOP module/class? I've used Sys::Syslog many times in scripts, and it's quite obvious and simple how to use. But I've got an existing class, and I'm wondering how to best go about utilzing Sys::Syslog... Should I put the: 
setlogsock( 'unix' );
openlog( 'FooClass', 'pid', 'local6' );

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lines in a BEGIN block? and the: 
closelog()

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in an END block? Something like: 
package FooClass;
use strict;
use warnings;

use Sys::Syslog qw( :DEFAULT setlogsock );

BEGIN {

   setlogsock( 'unix' );
   openlog( 'IPScan', 'pid', 'local6' );

}

END { closelog() }


sub new {

   my $invocant = shift;
   my $class    = ref( $invocant ) || $invocant;
   my %args     = @_;

   my $self = bless { %args }, $class;

   syslog( 'info', "blah blah blah" );

   return $self;

}

sub foobar {

   my $self = shift;

   syslog( 'info', 'foobarred' );

   # do stuff 
}

1;

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Any help/advice is appreciated, thanks! UPDATE: When I attempt the above described pattern, I get an error message to the extent of: 
no connection to syslog available
        - _PATH_LOG not available in syslog.h at /path/to/FooClass.pm 
+line 24

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where line 24 is the first attempt to use the syslog call, for instance, at: 
syslog( 'info', "blah blah blah" );

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... in the new() method.

In reply to Sys::Syslog in OOP Module by Zarathustra

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