Index: /dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0003.rst
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--- /dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0003.rst (revision 11031)
+++ /dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0003.rst (revision 11162)
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 Type:    Standard
 Created: 10-Jan-2008
-Post-History:
+Post-History: 24-Jun-2009, clarified the encoding of strings in torrent files
 
 BitTorrent is a protocol for distributing files. It identifies content
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 
 A BitTorrent file distribution consists of these entities:
-------------------------------------------------------------
+----------------------------------------------------------
 
 - An ordinary web server
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@
   This maps to a dictionary, with keys described below.
 
-  The ``name`` key maps to a string which is the suggested name 
-  to save the file (or directory) as. It is purely advisory.
+  The ``name`` key maps to a UTF-8 encoded string which is the
+  suggested name to save the file (or directory) as. It is purely advisory.
 
   ``piece length`` maps to the number of bytes in each piece
@@ -113,5 +113,5 @@
   ``length`` - The length of the file, in bytes.
 
-  ``path`` - A list of strings corresponding to subdirectory
+  ``path`` - A list of UTF-8 encoded strings corresponding to subdirectory
   names, the last of which is the actual file name (a zero length list
   is an error case).
@@ -119,4 +119,8 @@
   In the single file case, the name key is the name of a file, in the 
   muliple file case, it's the name of a directory.
+
+  All strings in a .torrent file that contains text must be UTF-8
+  encoded.
+
 
 Tracker GET requests have the following keys: