Closes #11696: Fix ID generation in msilib.

Patch by Mark Mc Mahon.

Lib/msilib/__init__.py

@@ -173,9 +173,8 @@ def add_tables(db, module):
         add_data(db, table, getattr(module, table))
 
 def make_id(str):
-    #str = str.replace(".", "_") # colons are allowed
-    for c in " -+~;":
-        str = str.replace(c, "_")
+    identifier_chars = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + "._"
+    str = "".join([c if c in identifier_chars else "_" for c in str])
     if str[0] in (string.digits + "."):
         str = "_" + str
     assert re.match("^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.]*$", str), "FILE"+str

Misc/ACKS

@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ Chris McDonough
 Greg McFarlane
 Alan McIntyre
 Michael McLay
+Mark Mc Mahon
 Gordon McMillan
 Caolan McNamara
 Andrew McNamara

Misc/NEWS

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #11696: Fix ID generation in msilib.
+
 - Issue #9696: Fix exception incorrectly raised by xdrlib.Packer.pack_int when
   trying to pack a negative (in-range) integer.