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Brake cables are usually spiral wrapped, because in theory, under load it could force its way between two of the longitudinal strands, if those were used (like in gear cables). I have no idea if it is a thing though
Edit: ah, as usual, Sheldon has the answer
http://sheldonbrown.com/cables.html
(this probably predates modern compresionless brake cables though)