[or-cvs] r19076: {tor} Clarify that the nickname part of a LongName is indeed optio (tor/trunk/doc/spec)

[nickm at seul.org]

Author: nickm
Date: 2009-03-18 15:30:22 -0400 (Wed, 18 Mar 2009)
New Revision: 19076

Modified:
   tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
Log:
Clarify that the nickname part of a LongName is indeed optional.

Modified: tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
===================================================================
--- tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt	2009-03-18 16:25:40 UTC (rev 19075)
+++ tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt	2009-03-18 19:30:22 UTC (rev 19076)
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@
   Fingerprint = "$" 40*HEXDIG
 
   ; A "=" indicates that the given nickname is canonical; a "~" indicates
-  ; that the given nickname is not canonical.
+  ; that the given nickname is not canonical.  If no nickname is given at
+  ; all, Tor does not even have a guess for what this router calls itself.
   LongName = Fingerprint [ ( "=" / "~" ) Nickname ]
 
   ; How a controller tells Tor about a particular OR.  There are four