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Are there any restrictions to what characters can be used in a generated target's name? I assume `:@#` are out since they are special characters in the address syntax. But could I use `/` or `.` ?

And are the generated target names case sensitive?

(Context: I'm thinking about turning `python_distribution` into a target generator to resolve <https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/15481|https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/15481> )

Looks like `pex_binaries` uses this for the generated name:
`entry_point_spec.replace(":", "-")`

<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/blob/3b0ebf3e4ee457bc3ea84e3333356ec2cf94090b/src/rust/engine/src/externs/address.rs#L74-L75>

```  pub static ref BANNED_CHARS_IN_GENERATED_NAME: HashSet&lt;char&gt; =
    [':', '#', '!', '@', '?', '='].into();```