Why does readln include the line terminator?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Georg Wrede" <georg.wrede at iki.fi> wrote in message 
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> I can see having to use one or another line ending in the whole output 
> file, but not a situation where some lines and not some other need this or 
> that kind of line ending.
>

Source code with unescaped nl's/cr's embedded in a string literal? Though I 
admit that may not be a particularly compelling case for at least a couple 
of different reasons. (I do agree with your original point though.)