efficient text file search.

[John Machin]

Luuk wrote:
[snip]
> some googling turned op the following.
> Second paragraph of chapter 14 of http://www.amk.ca/python/2.1/
[snip]
> For a fuller discussion of the line I/O changes, see the python-dev summary
> for January 1-15, 2001 at http://www.amk.ca/python/dev/2001-01-1.html.

That is *HISTORY*. That is Python 2.1. That is the year 2001.
xreadlines is as dead as a dodo.