Marc-Andre Lemburg:

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit 004d64f362eb · 2000-04-11T15:39:46.000Z
Changed PyUnicode_Splitlines() maxsplit argument to keepends.
The maxsplit functionality was replaced by the keepends
functionality which allows keeping the line end markers together
with the string.
diff --git a/Include/unicodeobject.h b/Include/unicodeobject.h
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject*) PyUnicode_Split(
     
 extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject*) PyUnicode_Splitlines(
     PyObject *s,		/* String to split */
-    int maxsplit		/* Maxsplit count */
+    int keepends		/* If true, line end markers are included */
     );		
 
 /* Translate a string by applying a character mapping table to it and
