Index: interpreter.rst
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--- interpreter.rst	(revision 58273)
+++ interpreter.rst	(working copy)
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@
 before printing the first prompt::
 
    python
-   Python 1.5.2b2 (#1, Feb 28 1999, 00:02:06)  [GCC 2.8.1] on sunos5
-   Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
+   Python 3.0a1 (py3k, Sep 12 2007, 12:21:02)
+   [GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8)] on linux2
+   Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>>
 
 Continuation lines are needed when entering a multi-line construct. As an
@@ -172,7 +173,8 @@
 
 .. XXX out of date!
 
-It is possible to use encodings different than ASCII in Python source files. The
+By default, Python source files are encoded as UTF-8, though it is possible to 
+specify a different encoding. The
 best way to do it is to put one more special comment line right after the ``#!``
 line to define the source file encoding::
 
@@ -192,20 +194,14 @@
 
    # -*- coding: iso-8859-15 -*-
 
-   currency = u"€"
+   currency = "€"
    print(ord(currency))
 
-If your editor supports saving files as ``UTF-8`` with a UTF-8 *byte order mark*
-(aka BOM), you can use that instead of an encoding declaration. IDLE supports
-this capability if ``Options/General/Default Source Encoding/UTF-8`` is set.
-Notice that this signature is not understood in older Python releases (2.2 and
-earlier), and also not understood by the operating system for script files with
-``#!`` lines (only used on Unix systems).
-
-By using UTF-8 (either through the signature or an encoding declaration),
+By using UTF-8,
 characters of most languages in the world can be used simultaneously in string
-literals and comments.  Using non-ASCII characters in identifiers is not
-supported. To display all these characters properly, your editor must recognize
+literals and comments.  Using non-ASCII characters in identifiers is supported
+(although the standard library only uses ASCII).
+To display all these characters properly, your editor must recognize
 that the file is UTF-8, and it must use a font that supports all the characters
 in the file.