merge #11696

2 files changed, 48 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/msilib/__init__.py b/Lib/msilib/__init__.py
index 74448e6..6eff89c 100644
--- a/Lib/msilib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/msilib/__init__.py
@@ -172,9 +172,8 @@ 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
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_msilib.py b/Lib/test/test_msilib.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccdaec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_msilib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+""" Test suite for the code in msilib """
+import unittest
+import os
+from test.support import run_unittest, import_module
+msilib = import_module('msilib')
+
+class Test_make_id(unittest.TestCase):
+    #http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369212(v=vs.85).aspx
+    """The Identifier data type is a text string. Identifiers may contain the
+    ASCII characters A-Z (a-z), digits, underscores (_), or periods (.).
+    However, every identifier must begin with either a letter or an
+    underscore.
+    """
+
+    def test_is_no_change_required(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            msilib.make_id("short"), "short")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            msilib.make_id("nochangerequired"), "nochangerequired")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            msilib.make_id("one.dot"), "one.dot")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            msilib.make_id("_"), "_")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            msilib.make_id("a"), "a")
+        #self.assertEqual(
+        #    msilib.make_id(""), "")
+
+    def test_invalid_first_char(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            msilib.make_id("9.short"), "_9.short")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            msilib.make_id(".short"), "_.short")
+
+    def test_invalid_any_char(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            msilib.make_id(".s\x82ort"), "_.s_ort")
+        self.assertEqual    (
+            msilib.make_id(".s\x82o?*+rt"), "_.s_o___rt")
+
+
+def test_main():
+    run_unittest(__name__)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_main()