Why is \r a newline for Vim?

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From http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace :

When Searching

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\n is newline, \r is CR (carriage return = Ctrl-M = ^M)

When Replacing

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\r is newline, \n is a null byte (0x00).

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