Record separator for readlines()

[gene tani]

universal newlines?
http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.3/whatsnew/node7.html

Angelic Devil wrote:
> I know this has been asked before (I already consulted the Google
> Groups archive), but I have not seen a definative answer.  Is there a
> way to change the record separator in readlines()?  The documentation
> does not mention any way to do this.  I know way back in 1998, Guido
> said he would consider adding it, but apparently that didn't happen.
> Is there some way to do this?
>
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