readline() with arbitrary end of lines

[Javier Bezos]

Keith Ray <k_j_r_a_y at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> >
> >I think that I can define a class with a buffer, so that I
> >can analyze the contents and then extract the lines. What a
> >complication for such a simple task!
> 
> You _could_ find the relevant code in the Python sources, and add code
> to permit you to specify a newline string, or have the software guess
> the newline string from the file's contents.
> 
> Hopefully, once it is working, that new code could be added to the 
> standard python source tree.

Drawbacks: First, I cannot distribute the script. Second, I have no
idea on C.

Regards
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