diff -r 5f8c68281d18 Lib/tempfile.py
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py	Wed Feb 06 10:37:19 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py	Wed Feb 06 19:23:13 2013 +0200
@@ -539,7 +539,12 @@
 
     @property
     def encoding(self):
-        return self._file.encoding
+        try:
+            return self._file.encoding
+        except AttributeError:
+            if 'b' in self._TemporaryFileArgs['mode']:
+                raise
+            return self._TemporaryFileArgs['encoding']
 
     def fileno(self):
         self.rollover()
@@ -553,18 +558,26 @@
 
     @property
     def mode(self):
-        return self._file.mode
+        try:
+            return self._file.mode
+        except AttributeError:
+            return self._TemporaryFileArgs['mode']
 
     @property
     def name(self):
-        return self._file.name
+        try:
+            return self._file.name
+        except AttributeError:
+            return None
 
     @property
     def newlines(self):
-        return self._file.newlines
-
-    def next(self):
-        return self._file.next
+        try:
+            return self._file.newlines
+        except AttributeError:
+            if 'b' in self._TemporaryFileArgs['mode']:
+                raise
+            return self._TemporaryFileArgs['newline']
 
     def read(self, *args):
         return self._file.read(*args)
@@ -605,9 +618,6 @@
         self._check(file)
         return rv
 
-    def xreadlines(self, *args):
-        return self._file.xreadlines(*args)
-
 
 class TemporaryDirectory(object):
     """Create and return a temporary directory.  This has the same
diff -r 5f8c68281d18 Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py	Wed Feb 06 10:37:19 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py	Wed Feb 06 19:23:13 2013 +0200
@@ -745,6 +745,26 @@
         seek(0, 0)
         self.assertEqual(read(70), b'a'*35 + b'b'*35)
 
+    def test_properties(self):
+        f = tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile(max_size=10)
+        f.write(b'x' * 10)
+        self.assertFalse(f._rolled)
+        self.assertEqual(f.mode, 'w+b')
+        self.assertIsNone(f.name)
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            f.newlines
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            f.encoding
+
+        f.write(b'x')
+        self.assertTrue(f._rolled)
+        self.assertEqual(f.mode, 'rb+')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(f.name)
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            f.newlines
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            f.encoding
+
     def test_text_mode(self):
         # Creating a SpooledTemporaryFile with a text mode should produce
         # a file object reading and writing (Unicode) text strings.
@@ -755,6 +775,12 @@
         f.write("def\n")
         f.seek(0)
         self.assertEqual(f.read(), "abc\ndef\n")
+        self.assertFalse(f._rolled)
+        self.assertEqual(f.mode, 'w+')
+        self.assertIsNone(f.name)
+        self.assertIsNone(f.newlines)
+        self.assertIsNone(f.encoding)
+
         f.write("xyzzy\n")
         f.seek(0)
         self.assertEqual(f.read(), "abc\ndef\nxyzzy\n")
@@ -762,6 +788,11 @@
         f.write("foo\x1abar\n")
         f.seek(0)
         self.assertEqual(f.read(), "abc\ndef\nxyzzy\nfoo\x1abar\n")
+        self.assertTrue(f._rolled)
+        self.assertEqual(f.mode, 'w+')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(f.name)
+        self.assertEqual(f.newlines, '\n')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(f.encoding)
 
     def test_text_newline_and_encoding(self):
         f = tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile(mode='w+', max_size=10,
@@ -770,11 +801,19 @@
         f.seek(0)
         self.assertEqual(f.read(), "\u039B\r\n")
         self.assertFalse(f._rolled)
+        self.assertEqual(f.mode, 'w+')
+        self.assertIsNone(f.name)
+        self.assertIsNone(f.newlines)
+        self.assertIsNone(f.encoding)
 
         f.write("\u039B" * 20 + "\r\n")
         f.seek(0)
         self.assertEqual(f.read(), "\u039B\r\n" + ("\u039B" * 20) + "\r\n")
         self.assertTrue(f._rolled)
+        self.assertEqual(f.mode, 'w+')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(f.name)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(f.newlines)
+        self.assertEqual(f.encoding, 'utf-8')
 
     def test_context_manager_before_rollover(self):
         # A SpooledTemporaryFile can be used as a context manager