[I18n-sig] codecs module, readlines and xreadlines

[Poor Yorick]

The following code shows an inconsistency between open.readlines and
codecs.open.readlines, and also between open.xreadlines and
codecs.open.xreadlines.  the call to open.readlines returns '\n' as the
whereas codecs.open.readlines returns '\r\n'.  Any plans to fix this?

  >>> fh = open('test2.txt', 'r')
  >>> lines = fh.readlines()
  >>> print lines
['1120, "Serial Number", 1016993947\n', '1122, "msconfig.exe",
1016994129\n', '1123, "Microsoft Windows XP", 1016994141\n', '1124,
"Version", 1016994143\n', '1125, "XP", 1016994156\n', '1126, "Microsoft
Windows", 1016994169\n', '1127, "Component", 1016994468']

  >>> fh = codecs.open('test1.txt', 'r', 'utf-16')
  >>> lines = fh.readlines()
  >>> print lines
[u'1120, "Serial Number", 1016993947\r\n', u'1122, "msconfig.exe",
1016994129\r\n', u'1123, "Microsoft Windows XP", 1016994141\r\n',
u'1124, "Version", 1016994143\r\n', u'1125, "XP", 1016994156\r\n',
u'1126, "Microsoft Windows", 1016994169\r\n', u'1127, "Component",
1016994468']

  >>> fh = open('test2.txt', 'r')
  >>> lines = fh.xreadlines()
  >>> lines.next()
'1120, "Serial Number", 1016993947\n'
  >>> lines.next()
'1122, "msconfig.exe", 1016994129\n'

  >>> fh = codecs.open('test1.txt', 'r', 'utf-16')
  >>> lines = fh.xreadlines()
  >>> lines.next()
'\xff\xfe1\x001\x002\x000\x00,\x00
\x00"\x00S\x00e\x00r\x00i\x00a\x00l\x00
\x00N\x00u\x00m\x00b\x00e\x00r\x00"\x00,\x00
\x001\x000\x001\x006\x009\x009\x003\x009\x004\x007\x00\r\x00\n'
  >>> lines.next()
'\x001\x001\x002\x002\x00,\x00
\x00"\x00m\x00s\x00c\x00o\x00n\x00f\x00i\x00g\x00.\x00e\x00x\x00e\x00"\x00,\x00 

\x001\x000\x001\x006\x009\x009\x004\x001\x002\x009\x00\r\x00\n'
  >>>

Poor Yorick
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