[Python-ideas] Iterating non-newline-separated files should be easier

[Alexander Heger]

> I don't think it is reasonable to add a new parameter to readline(), because
> streams are widely implemented using duck typing -- every implementation
> would have to be updated to support this.

Could the "split" (or splitline) keyword-only parameter instead be
passed to the open function (and the __init__ of IOBase and be stored
there)?