Why does readln include the line terminator?

[Georg Wrede]

BCS wrote:
> Reply to Georg,
> 
>> So the whole point is absurd. A reasonable default behavior for a file
>> mongering program would be to output line terminators according to the
>> operating system default. The case where one *wants* to preserve them,
>> should be considered the exception.
>>
> 
> Only if you considering wanting to maintain merge-ability/diff-ability 
> as the exception. Some, if not most, source control/diff/merge tools 
> consider changes in line endings as changes.

Doesn't this kind of prove my point? Changing a line ending /should not/ 
be a "difference". Not by default. They should have a switch to 
explicitly turn it on.

A good diff is complex enough that it should not stumble on form when it 
is supposed to examine content.