Record separator for readlines()

[Angelic Devil]

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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