diff -r 20f0c5398e97 Lib/tempfile.py
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py	Mon Feb 04 10:29:38 2013 -0500
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py	Wed Feb 06 19:33:27 2013 +0200
@@ -546,10 +546,6 @@
     def closed(self):
         return self._file.closed
 
-    @property
-    def encoding(self):
-        return self._file.encoding
-
     def fileno(self):
         self.rollover()
         return self._file.fileno()
@@ -562,15 +558,17 @@
 
     @property
     def mode(self):
-        return self._file.mode
+        try:
+            return self._file.mode
+        except AttributeError:
+            return self._TemporaryFileArgs[0]
 
     @property
     def name(self):
-        return self._file.name
-
-    @property
-    def newlines(self):
-        return self._file.newlines
+        try:
+            return self._file.name
+        except AttributeError:
+            return None
 
     def next(self):
         return self._file.next
@@ -610,4 +608,7 @@
         return rv
 
     def xreadlines(self, *args):
-        return self._file.xreadlines(*args)
+        try:
+            return self._file.xreadlines(*args)
+        except AttributeError:
+            return iter(self._file.readlines(*args))
diff -r 20f0c5398e97 Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py	Mon Feb 04 10:29:38 2013 -0500
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py	Wed Feb 06 19:33:27 2013 +0200
@@ -738,6 +738,17 @@
         f.write(b'x')
         self.assertTrue(f._rolled)
 
+    def test_xreadlines(self):
+        f = self.do_create(max_size=20)
+        f.write(b'abc\n' * 5)
+        f.seek(0)
+        self.assertFalse(f._rolled)
+        self.assertEqual(list(f.xreadlines()), [b'abc\n'] * 5)
+        f.write(b'x\ny')
+        self.assertTrue(f._rolled)
+        f.seek(0)
+        self.assertEqual(list(f.xreadlines()), [b'abc\n'] * 5 + [b'x\n', b'y'])
+
     def test_sparse(self):
         # A SpooledTemporaryFile that is written late in the file will extend
         # when that occurs
@@ -793,6 +804,26 @@
         seek(0, 0)
         self.assertTrue(read(70) == 'a'*35 + '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, 'w+b')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(f.name)
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            f.newlines
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            f.encoding
+
     def test_context_manager_before_rollover(self):
         # A SpooledTemporaryFile can be used as a context manager
         with tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile(max_size=1) as f: