Index: Lib/codecs.py
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/codecs.py,v
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -r1.45 codecs.py
--- Lib/codecs.py	21 Apr 2005 21:42:35 -0000	1.45
+++ Lib/codecs.py	16 May 2005 08:18:41 -0000
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
     def decode(self, input, errors='strict'):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def read(self, size=-1, chars=-1):
+    def read(self, size=-1, chars=-1, firstline=False):
 
         """ Decodes data from the stream self.stream and returns the
             resulting object.
@@ -273,7 +273,17 @@
                 newdata = self.stream.read(size)
             # decode bytes (those remaining from the last call included)
             data = self.bytebuffer + newdata
-            newchars, decodedbytes = self.decode(data, self.errors)
+            try:
+                newchars, decodedbytes = self.decode(data, self.errors)
+                print repr(newchars)
+            except UnicodeDecodeError, exc:
+                if firstline:
+                    newchars, decodedbytes = self.decode(data[:exc.start], self.errors)
+                    lines = newchars.splitlines(True)
+                    if len(lines)<=1:
+                        raise
+                else:
+                    raise
             # keep undecoded bytes until the next call
             self.bytebuffer = data[decodedbytes:]
             # put new characters in the character buffer
@@ -304,7 +314,7 @@
         line = u""
         # If size is given, we call read() only once
         while True:
-            data = self.read(readsize)
+            data = self.read(readsize, firstline=True)
             if data:
                 # If we're at a "\r" read one extra character (which might
                 # be a "\n") to get a proper line ending. If the stream is